Pittsburgh Mayor Rejects Trump Citing The City To Support Climate Decision

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By MATT SHUHAM Published JUNE 1, 2017 5:27 PM

The mayor of Pittsburgh clapped back at President Donald Trump on Thursday after Trump cited the city as a justification for withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change.

The United States joins two nations — Syria, in a civil war, and Nicaragua, who thought the accord didn’t go far enough — in not participating in the voluntary, historic agreement.

“I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris,” Trump said, arguing that “We want fair treatment for its citizens and we want fair treatment for our taxpayers. We don’t want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore, and they won’t be. They won’t be.”

Bill Peduto, the city’s mayor, answered quickly:

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[MFM008]

1. If my dad was alive

He would be pleased the city he was born in rejected maggotism.

[Cattledog]

2. Thank you Mayor Peduto!

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Allegheny County, PA (which includes Pittsburgh)

did NOT vote for der Drumpenfuhrer.

His speechwriter was trying to be cute with the alliteration but it was a big FAIL.

[Efilroft Sul]

4. Pittsburgh was ground zero for environmental ruin and economic abandonment by the old economy.

We are not going back to steel mills and coal mines, and only fools believe that we should or will. This city has struggled since the 1980s, and it still is struggling in many respects, but it is transforming itself every day into becoming something better than what it once was. We know firsthand that America won't succeed in the 21st century with a 20th-century economy running on 19th-century fuels. It's a damn shame that this administration remains ignorant of that fact.

[SunSeeker]

15. Exactly. I was in Pittsburgh in the 1980. It was a dying city.

The buildings were covered in black soot. It was gray, depressing, full of shuttered industry and no trees.

It has now completely transformed itself. It has become a truly green city in every sense of the word. Too bad the rest of the rustbelt isn't following Pittsburgh's example.

[IronLionZion]

16. Millions of fools exist

and elected the fool in chief to lead them into foolery. If Pittsburgh doesn't get the steel mills and coal mines back it's because the immigrants and liberals hate America, not for any economic, technological, or logistical realities.

The only way to make America great again is to buy a big dirty diesel truck and waste expensive fuel by rolling coal.

[CincyDem]

5. Would have been better off with "Paris Kentucky not Paris France"...

...at least he'd get a chunk of Trumpeters putting their Bud down to yell "hell...'ya hear we got a shout out from 'da man".

WTF is wrong with these people.

[The Wielding Truth]

6. There are still points of sanity in our country. Thank you Bill Peduto!

They call Pittsburgh the Renaissance City.

[mwooldri]

7. Quick! Everyone move to Paris, Texas! (Or Paris, Tennessee)

According to #45 he wasn't elected there.

Except both Paris, TN and Paris, TX voted for Trump...

[spinbaby]

8. Trump has no idea what Pittsburgh is

He probably thinks it's still an industrial city.

[Bluepinky]

9. Mayor Peduto acts more like a leader than Trump does.

The mayor sounds like a very wise man.

[Squinch]

10. EVERYONE call your mayor or local administrators and tell them you want a statement

of solidarity with Pittsburgh and Paris in this! I'm calling mine now!

[lunasun]

12. i know mine already stands and we are making a lot of progress- trump is isolating himself with this

worse everyday MAGA?

[Squinch]

13. But they should all be encouraged to make a public statement about it now to rub

his face in the fact that no one supports him on this.

[lunasun]

19. OH it was done yesterday afternoon. No time wasted here . Also catalog of EPA deleted

Info is being archived here

Earlier this month, the mayor and the city of Chicago created a website called “Climate Change is Real,” which reposted climate change information that the White House reportedly erased from government websites, according to the Emanuel administration.

“The Trump administration can attempt to erase decades of work from scientists and federal employees on the reality of climate change, but burying your head in the sand doesn’t erase the problem,” Emanuel said in a press release on the creation of the website.


Source: Emanuel Calls Reported U.S. Withdrawal From Paris Accord 'Alarming' | NBC Chicago http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/emanuel-calls-reported-us-withdrawal-from-paris-accords-alarming-425516324.html#ixzz4iqmCtNdz
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https://chicago.curbed.com/2017/6/1/15726544/rahm-emanuel-chicago-paris-accord


Not only public transportation greening but power too
This past April, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the City of Chicago will transition all city-owned buildings to 100% renewable energy by 2025. Once the transition has been completed, Chicago will become the largest US city to have public buildings running entirely on renewable energy, the mayor’s office declared.

[NYC Liberal]

17. My mayor (de Blasio) signed an order that NYC will abide by the agreement.

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[Squinch]

18. I'm right next door. Hopefully my mayor takes the example. He's a decent guy so

I think he will.

[lunasun]

11. The mayor must be livid. Imagine the humiliation of your city being distorted by Trump like that

[SunSeeker]

14. Mayor Peduto was just on Tweety's show pointing out that Hillary got 80% of the vote in Pittsburgh.

So no, Trump, you don't represent Pittsburgh.