United States to Withdraw From the Paris Climate Agreement, Sending Coal Stocks Higher
The United States will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, President Trump confirmed on Thursday afternoon in a speech.
The United States will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, President Trump confirmed on Thursday afternoon in a speech. The widely anticipated decision comes in spite of a broad push from American companies, business leaders, politicians and even many in the president's own inner circle to remain in.
Shares of Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) - Get Report, SunCoke Energy (SXC) - Get Report and Arch Coal (ARCH) - Get Report rose following the news.
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