‘Reboot’: CBS Admits Climate Accord Signees Not Living up to Commitment

Nicholas Fondacaro | September 17, 2019
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One of the key reasons President Trump removed the United States from the so-called Paris climate accords was the fact that the U.S. was one of the few countries seriously trying to meet and exceed the goals that were set. While the liberal media decried the President’s move, CBS Evening News may have inadvertently corroborated his point on Tuesday when they noted the United Nations’ attempt to “reboot the accords”.

After failing new anchor Norah O’Donnell boasted that “CBS News is the only U.S. broadcast network joining media outlets around the world in a project highlighting the crisis” at a U.N. meeting next week, senior foreign correspondent Mark Phillips admitted most of the countries that signed on were not adhering to the agreement.

“Norah, it's been three years since the Paris climate accords,” he recalled. “Yet, in that time the amount of planet-warming greenhouse gases has actually gone up, which is why the U.N. has decided to call this summit to try to reboot the accords.”

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