Washington — US President Donald Trump will follow through on a campaign pledge to pull the US out of a global pact to fight climate change, it has emerged, in a move that promises to deepen a rift with US allies. Trump, who has previously called global warming a hoax, did not confirm the decision in a post on Twitter, saying only, "I will be announcing my decision on the Paris Accord over the next few days." A pullout also would be one more step by the Republican president to erase the legacy of his predecessor, Democrat Barack Obama, who helped broker the accord and praised it during a trip to Europe this month. The decision will put the US in league with Syria and Nicaragua as the world’s only nonparticipants in the Paris Climate Agreement. It could have major implications for the deal, which relies heavily on the commitment of big polluter nations to reduce emissions of gases scientists blame for sea level rise, droughts and more frequent violent storms. The US’s leading coal mi...
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