President Donald Trump today announced his intention to pull out of the Paris Accords. According to the United Nations, the Paris Agreement “for the first time – brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects, with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so. As such, it charts a new course in the global climate effort.”

Trump intends to leave that course.

Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, released a statement saying: “This decision may be a win for Steve Bannon and Scott Pruitt and those who share their extremist views, but it’s a loss for everyone else. If completed, Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris agreement will put the United States in the company of only two other nations on earth that do not belong to the pact: Nicaragua, which believes the agreement doesn’t go far enough, and Syria, which is in the midst of a horrific civil war.”

The Western Environmental Law Center weighed in with, “”History will not look kindly on Trump,” said Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, executive director of the Western Environmental Law Center. “His reckless decision cedes U.S. leadership and credibility on the world stage. But it’s worse than that. Trump’s decision is morally reprehensible, risking great suffering to all, but in particular to our most vulnerable wildlands, wildlife, and communities.”