President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate accord that was signed by nearly 200 nations in 2015 and heralded as a rare moment of international collaboration to avert imminent climate disaster. Following the news, landmarks in cities around the world were lit up green in support of the agreement. Democracy Now! was there when demonstrators gathered near City Hall to protest...
MARITZA SILVA-FARRELL [Executive Director, ALIGN]:
Talking about climate change isn’t an issue only about environmental justice. It’s an issue of racial justice. It’s an issue of economic justice. So, if Trump thinks that he is going to undermine what we have been building here in New York City, he is wrong...
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