The agreement was meant to ensure global cooperation in reducing the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.

The goal of the a national energy emergency is to reduce energy costs, an incoming White House official told reporters.

In a flurry of Day 1 executive orders, President Donald Trump pushed to boost U.S. fossil fuel production and dismantle his predecessor’s climate agenda.

At the conclusion of his inauguration parade, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive actions including a letter to the UN stating the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Treaty and initiating a freeze on hiring government workers.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will order the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, the White House said on Monday, once again placing the world's top historic emitter of greenhouse gas emissions outside of the global pact aimed at pushing nations to tackle climate change through domestic actions.

President Donald Trump will withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement for the second time, delivering a blow to the effort to keep global temperatures from rising to dangerous levels.

Trump had pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement during his first term as well, but his successor Joe Biden had got back in four years later.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the United States to again withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement

Trump’s day-one actions on energy come as climate change-fueled fires ravage Southern California, following the globe’s hottest year on record.