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Opinion: Withdrawing from Paris Climate Accord was a bad choice

The Eiffel Tower in Paris is lit up in green Friday Nov. 4, 2016, to mark the Paris Agreement to slash man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming gases to counter climate change. - photo by Associated Press

05152018 CLIMATE — The Eiffel Tower in Paris is lit up in green Friday Nov. 4, 2016, to mark the Paris Agreement to slash man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming gases to counter climate change. - photo by Associated Press

The recent withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Accord marks another setback in global efforts to combat the climate crisis.