On September 3, 2016, Obama announced that the United States, along with China, will join the Paris Agreement to deal with pollution.  Obama said: In 2014, President Xi and I stood together in Beijing to announce landmark climate targets for our two countries to meet. That announcement set us on the road to Paris by jumpstarting an intense diplomatic effort to put other countries on the same course. In 2015, we stood together in Washington to lay out additional actions our two countries would take, along with a roadmap for ultimately reaching a strong agreement in Paris. This year, in 2016, we meet again to commit formally to joining the agreement ahead of schedule, creating the prospect that the agreement might enter into force ahead of schedule, as well. The United States and China are taking that step today, as our two nations formally join the Paris Agreement[.] Obama is again doing an end around the Constitution on ratifying treaties.  He knows he does not...(Read Full Post)