In Sf, Gore Sees World Leaving Trump Behind On Climate Change

Former Vice President Al Gore thought there was a chance that President Trump wouldn’t pull out of the Paris climate accords after conversations they had in Trump Tower in New York and the White House. [...] even though Trump ultimately decided to make the United States the only major country to ignore the international agreement to lower carbon emissions, Gore said he has been heartened by the international reaction since then. “I was deeply concerned that other countries might have used it as an excuse to pull out of the Paris agreements,” Gore said Monday during an appearance at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco to promote his new movie, An Inconvenient Sequel: All of these groups,” Gore said, “have stepped up to say, ‘We’re still in Paris and we’re going to meet the Paris commitments regardless of what President Trump does or says or tweets. Under former President Barack Obama, the U.S.