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Healthcare leaders decry Trump's withdrawal from Paris climate accord

Modern Healthcare: As President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord, several healthcare executives vowed to continue their environmental stewardship efforts—with or without White House support.Under the climate agreement, the U.S. agreed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 28% below 2005 levels by 2025. But Trump withdrew the country's participation in the nonbinding agreement Thursday, saying it left the U.S. at an economic disadvantage because it and other wealthier nations would fund climate actions in developing countries. Health conditions related to climate change are estimated to have cost the healthcare system $14 billion a year between 2002 and 2009, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

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