{"id":324899,"date":"2017-06-02T18:57:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T18:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=324899"},"modified":"2017-06-02T18:57:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T18:57:04","slug":"tech-leaders-defy-trump-on-climate-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/tech-leaders-defy-trump-on-climate-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech leaders defy Trump on climate deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
The biggest US tech firms are rallying behind the 2015 Paris climate agreement, despite President Trump’s decision to leave it.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump’s move has been met with dismay from other world leaders signed up to the accord – but much of the outcry can be heard on the west coast of his own country.<\/p>\n
The chief executives of Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook have all criticised the president’s decision.<\/p>\n
Elon Musk, who had been a member of Mr Trump’s business panel, announced he would leave the post.<\/p>\n
“Am departing presidential councils,” he tweeted. “Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world.”<\/p>\n
Many firms, including IBM and Amazon, said they would continue to try to meet the goals of the climate deal.<\/p>\n
“IBM supported – and still supports – US participation in the Paris Agreement,” the technology company said in a statement.<\/p>\n