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Yes, every country must do its part.

No, the US is not "doing something about it" and it is clear from the article:

> For a time, US emissions continued to decline modestly despite the Trump administration’s environmental vandalism; the inexorable forces of the market meant that aging coal-fired power plants continued to be replaced by cheaper, cleaner, newer, and more efficient plants powered by natural gas and renewables. But growing carbon dioxide emissions due to industry and transportation have more than offset this progress, leading to an estimated 3.4 percent growth in US emissions in 2018.



"For a time... continued to decline modestly..."

Compare that with, if I understand correctly, every single country that signed the Paris deal, who did not decline modestly, even for a time. The US might well be considered to be "doing something about it".


> every single country that signed the Paris deal, who did not decline modestly, even for a time.

Completely false.

For example: the UK has been emitting less and less at least since 1990.

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provisional-uk-gree...


BTW, where you you get this information? Do you even bother checking to see if it's accurate before parroting it? Here's Germany:

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/g...


I stand corrected.

Interesting that Germany has been declining since 1980, well before Paris or even Kyoto.


EU28 has been declining at a similar rate to the US.




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