GOP to Kerry: Climate deal can be reversed

Published November 3, 2016 11:55pm ET



A group of Republican lawmakers warned Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday that President Obama’s climate goals may not survive the next administration, one day before the Paris climate change deal goes into effect.

“Joining international agreements using ‘sole executive agreement authority’ leaves the door open for any future administration to alter its course,” the senators, led by Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., wrote in a letter to Kerry.

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