Top Trump aides clash on legal risks of Paris climate accord
Senior advisers to the Trump administration are split over the legal implications of staying in the climate pact while simultaneously carrying out extensive regulatory rollbacks of environmental protections. It could mean the president receives competing advice.
BY JENNIFER A. DLOUGHY & ARI NATTER, BLOOMBERG
Senior advisers to Donald Trump were divided over the Paris climate accord in a meeting Thursday, as Cabinet members and staffers considered whether staying in the pact could legally jeopardize the president’s regulatory rollbacks, according to people familiar with the high-level gathering.
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