SENIOR US government figures lined up yesterday to back President Donald Trump’s self-interested decision to pull out of the global fight against climate change.
Announcing his plan to withdraw from the Paris climate accord on Thursday, the billionaire demagogue said: “The agreement handicaps the US economy in order to win praise from foreign capitals and global activists.”
“I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.”
SYLVIA HIKINS welcomes a an in-depth study of environmental activism that shows how governments work against citizens who put community before profit
The future does not have to be climate chaos and social breakdown. MARC VANDEPITTE looks at the alternatives offered by the Global Justice Report, co-authored by Thomas Piketty
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA



