The administration of US President Donald Trump has reaffirmed its decision to pull out of a global pact to fight climate change known as the Paris Climate Agreement, rejecting reports suggesting Washington was reversing course.
The White House announcement, which would deepen a rift with American allies, came following reports that the Trump administration was weighing a policy shift on the 2015 pact at a Montreal meeting with environment ministers from 30 countries on Saturday.
“There has been no change in the United States’ position on the Paris agreement,” said White House Deputy Press Secretary Lindsay Walters.
“As the President has made abundantly clear, the United States is withdrawing unless we can re-enter on terms that are more favorable to our country,” she said.
In June, Trump announced that he would pull the United States out of the 2015 global agreement to fight climate change, characterizing the decision as “a…