The end of days inches yet a bit closer after US President Donald Trump announces that his country will no longer abide by the Paris Agreement on climate.
Trump, who is almost as oblivious to scientific reality as our very own Danny Healy-Rae from the Kingdom, has unilaterally decided that the US will withdraw from the historic deal on climate reached in Paris in 2015.
The agreement was reached after decades of wrangling and protracted negotiations regarding global warming and climate change. Those countries responsible for producing 55% of the global carbon and gas emissions ratified it, and the agreement became legally binding a few months later. Only two countries -Syria and Nicaragua- opted out.
The overall aim of the deal is to keep global temperature increases to less than 2C, with particular effort put into maintaining the figure at 1.5C.
The US will now be free from such obligation. It is worth mentioning that energy companies poured tens of millions of dollars into supporting the president during his campaign, lobbying hard to exert influence over future decisions that could potentially affect their own coffers.
It is now clear that such covert moves paid off, as energy giants stand to gain big time financially after today.