Obama Warns Against Quitting Paris Pact, Weakening Environmental Rules

"Faced with the prospect of his successor unraveling a slew of environmental regulations and withdrawing the country from a historic climate pact, President Obama on Monday made the case that his push to move the United States toward cleaner energy sources had helped boost the economy.

'We’ve been able to show over the last five, six, eight years that it’s possible to grow the economy very fast and possible to bring down carbon emissions as well,' Obama said during an afternoon news conference. 'It’s not just a bunch of rules that we’ve set up.'

Obama made the point that the market is fueling the move toward wind and solar power and creating jobs in both industries. He said that utilities around the country are installing more and more solar panels and that individual states, such as California, have aggressively cut carbon emissions without any push from the federal government. In addition, automakers are exceeding government fuel efficiency standards, he said."

Brady Dennis reports for the Washington Post November 14, 2016.

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