CANTON TO JOIN 175+ U.S. CITIES IN UNDERMINING TRUMP'S DEPARTURE FROM PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD?

CANTON LAW DIRECTOR JOE MARTUCCIO 

IS AT WORK 

CREATING LEGAL DOCUMENTS

ENLISTING CANTON 

IN 

GLOBAL WARMING FIGHT

SEE SCPR "EXCLUSIVE" INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR MARTUCCIO

STARK COUNTIAN & OHIO GOP CHAIR

JANE TIMKEN 

DEFENDS TRUMP'S ACTION

Millions of Americans were horrified when last Friday President Donald J. Trump announced that he was withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate agreement.

In America's past, when our nation's leader announced course of action, those of us not in accord might grumble and mouth muted criticism such is not the case in 2017 America.

In the wake of Trump's announcement more than 175 cities are in the process of combining resources to undermine the president's stance in vowing to implement in their respective cities the goals of the Paris climate agreement which has the United States cutting carbon emissions which most scientists think contribute to global warming which in turn degrades the viability of the world environment to support human life.

It appears that Canton, Ohio city government is preparing to join those 175 cities plus in working towards realizing the Paris climate agreement objectives.

Here is how Canton Law Director Joe Martuccio on Monday evening described to The Stark County Political Report his mission of putting together legislation for Canton City Council to vote on in two weeks or so.

Opposition to the Trump action is not just an urban America versus rural America political fight.  It has widespread support across the nation.

Joining the 175 plus cities are governors, major U.S. based international companies and high profile Americans (e.g Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of NYC) and some 59% of Americans as revealed in a recent Washington Post poll.

Locally, it is to be noted that Stark Countian and Ohio GOP chairperson Jane Timken has come out in robust support of Trump's decision.  (see Wikipedia biography LINK)

From today's online Cleveland Plain Dealer:

Timken talks Paris accord: Ohio Republican Party Chairwoman Jane Timken appeared on a Canton radio station Monday to defend Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement last week.

Timken told WHBC host Gary Rivers the agreement would have cost millions of industrial jobs, which would have particularly harmed Ohio. The media, she said, has "jumped on the bandwagon" with liberal critics of the decision. Pulling out wasn't a repudiation of efforts to fight climate change -- rather, she said, it was a rejection of a deal that was bad for the United States.

The poll cited earlier in this blog shows that there is a highly partisan factor in the mix of who and who does not support the Trump pullout decision:  67% Republicans support, 22% of independents support and 8% Democratic support.

If Canton City Council approves a departure from the Trump stance, such, of course, is indicative "up close and personal" of the great political divide that the climate issue is evidence of and seen on quite a few issues across the American political landscape (e.g. Obama/Trumpcare, the Russia thing and immigration/travel ban).