France kept climate change off G7 agenda to avoid clash with You-Ess

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France wound up a meeting of G7 environment ministers on Friday defending its "pragmatic" decision to keep climate change ‌off the agenda to avoid a clash with the U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed climate change as a hoax despite scientific evidence, and has withdrawn his country ⁠from several international climate bodies.

Keeping it off the formal agenda of the Paris-hosted meeting was "a more pragmatic approach" that avoided "the risk of certain partners walking from the negotiating table," French Environment Minister Monique Barbut told reporters.

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Diaperedsnowy@reddit

0.04%

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Hydronum@reddit

Fun fact, Pb at less than 0.01% can cause near instantaneous catastrophic damage and death to a human body. Aren't percentages fun?

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Diaperedsnowy@reddit

Good thing it isn't the air we all breathe everyday.

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DanoPinyon@reddit

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You're very, very, very smart!

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