Sen. Blumenthal Warns that If U.S. Pulls out of Paris Agreement Other Countries May Also Loosen Their Commitments

‘Other countries will surpass us’

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BLUMENTHAL: "If other countries lose confidence in our commitment to climate change, they may cut back their commitment, but equally important they're going to fill the gap. China now is producing jobs and economic progress based on solar and wind investments. Other countries will similarly in effect create more jobs and surpass us in that kind of opportunistic in good sense taking advantage of opportunities that exist, that we have failed to fulfill. And we have enormous opportunities in this area for job creation, for economic growth. And in my own state of Connecticut with fuel cell development as well as and solar and wind, there are enormous economic opportunities if we invest -- that's what we need to do."

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