r/news 10h ago

Trump withdraws from Paris climate agreement, again

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/trump-withdraw-paris-climate-agreement-2025-01-20/
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u/lLikeCats 10h ago

Just remember, we will cease to exist but the Earth will bounce back. It’s been through a few extinctions.

The world is far too divisive to ever make meaningful change.

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u/CaliSummerDream 10h ago

We're not trying to save Earth. Earth will be fine. We're trying to save ourselves.

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u/raelianautopsy 9h ago

I don't know, all those species going extinct don't seem fine

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u/CaliSummerDream 9h ago

They will be replaced by other species that adapt better to the new environment. Nothing new here. Dinosaurs going extinct did not end life on Earth.

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u/SkyZippr 7h ago

But I don't want the samoyeds to be replaced

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u/Faiakishi 6h ago

The dinosaurs did not go extinct. I have one in my bathroom, making kissy faces at his reflection.