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US Wildfires: Mahama Criticizes US Gov’t For Withdrawing From Climate Fight

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September 11, 2020

Former President John Dramani Mahama has admonished the United States government for pulling out of the battle against climate change.

In a post on Twitter, the former president bemoaned the rampant fire that has reportedly swept across twelve Western US States, with entire towns being swept away in Oregon, California and Washington.

Apportioning blames, Mr Mahama pointed fingers at the US for withdrawing from the Climate Change Agreement and subsequent repeal of regulations limiting emissions and other environmental controls.

See Mahama’s post below:

I’ve been watching CNN reports of fire raging across twelve Western US States. This has covered the whole western seaboard in smoke. Also this year, dust from the Sahara Desert blew across the Atlantic and reached as far as the United States.
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— John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) September 11, 2020

… Climate Change Agreement & subsequent repeal of regulations limiting emissions & other environmental controls threaten our whole planet and the US itself. And it abdicates its leadership role in the fight against climate change.
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— John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) September 11, 2020