Fact-Checking Trump's Paris Agreement Speech

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June 2, 2017

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Media Highlight

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ClimateWire

"Resources for the Future, in comparison, applied a carbon tax across all sectors and found that the economic cost could be far lower, between 0.2 percent and 0.35 percent of GDP in 2025."

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