Syria to sign Paris Climate pact, leaving US alone; Trump disinvited from climate summit

Donald J. Trump in November 2016       [photo: The Trump Organization]Following President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States from the Paris Climate Accord—a global pact to reduce carbon output and curb climate change—only two other nations had not signed the treaty. Now, the U.S. sits alone and isolated internationally on climate policy. This week Syria, the final nation invited to join...