Trump’s rebuff of global climate action is right out of the coal club playbook, and reminds Australians of the ‘axe the tax’ Abbott campaign

For Australians, Donald Trump’s climate retreat is a case of “deja vu all over again”, a leader walking away from his responsibilities in a toxic cloud of self-serving populist fervour.

Trump’s rebuff of global climate action is right out of the coal club’s playbook – dismiss the science, complain that other countries will get a better deal, build fear around jobs, prices and industry to resist change.

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Source: Guardian Climate Change