King notes differences with Trump prior to UMaine climate change talk, WVII reports
U.S. Sen. Angus King told WVII (Channel 7) that he hopes President-elect Donald Trump will be open minded on the subject of climate change. King spoke with the TV station prior to a talk he gave last Thursday on climate change at the University of Maine. Trump has called climate change a hoax. He also vowed, during the campaign, to cancel U.S. participation in the Paris agreement. In April, the U.S. and nearly 200 other countries signed the accord, pledging to reduce carbon emissions. Under the agreement, the U.S. would be responsible for roughly 20 percent of the carbon reductions. “I’d love to get an hour with him (President-elect Trump) and give him the presentation that I’m going to give today,” King told WVII. “It’s very hard to refute what’s going on because the science is so sound.”