Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday the climate agreement reached this week in Paris did not contain any enforcement provisions because Congress would not have approved them.
"It doesn't have mandatory targets for reduction and it doesn't have an enforcement, compliance mechanism," Kerry said during an interview on "Fox News Sunday."
Binding legal requirements would have made the Paris agreement a treaty, requiring approval from two-thirds of the Senate.
Critics have said the climate deal's lack of enforceable requirements could render it useless given the fact that countries will face no punishment for breaking the agreement.
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It's all Hollywood.
ReplyDeleteBlue smoke and mirrors.
That's political bs...the corporate masters didn't want any enforcable requirements. They have no problem doing a fasttrack around congress with regards to the TPP.
ReplyDeleteJust like the one with Iran!
ReplyDeletebull crap on steroids...
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