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4 major environmental treaties the U.S. never ratified — but should
In one of his first acts in the White House, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to have the United States...
It signaled an important step in the country recommitting to action to tackle climate change after the Trump administration withdrew the United States from the accord and worked to roll back environmental…
- The Revelator
- Tara Lohan
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Biden’s move was hailed by world leaders and applauded by environmentalists at home.
But the climate convention wasn’t the only global environmental agreement from which the country has been conspicuously absent.
Here are four international treaties that have been ratified by most of the…