https://twitter.com/Skyhartman/status/870527542595276800
Cities around the world last night went “green” in celebration of the Paris Agreement, and mostly as a symbolic gesture to slam Trump for pulling out of the deal:
Buildings and landmarks around the world lit up in green in support of Paris climate accord. https://t.co/QIsfudKDbb pic.twitter.com/Z4Rjejwx4r
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 2, 2017
Your DC capitol building tonight. #cities4climate pic.twitter.com/2P41Nvudoy
— Charles Allen (@charlesallen) June 2, 2017
Tonight, Paris City Hall is turning green to stand for the #ParisAgreement #Cities4Climate pic.twitter.com/IfjHcpdcOm
— C40 Cities (@c40cities) June 1, 2017
One World Trade Center, other buildings go green after Trump withdraws from Paris climate agreement. https://t.co/KpkqmMTsKL #ParisAgreement pic.twitter.com/xYm7zjhZOz
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) June 2, 2017
The irony is thick with this particular empty gesture:
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/870486517218553858
"Let's turn all the lights on to save the climate!" https://t.co/EX8JYRv9rU
— Angela Morabito (@AngelaLMorabito) June 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/ElliottRHams/status/870659808403353600
Ummmm….the lights are on and unless they're all solar-powered, you're all hypocrites.
— Corporate Media Watchdog (@beauxtx1) June 2, 2017
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Please. That's just wasting carbon to make a cheap, arrogant and COMPLETELY empty poltiical statement. They can all kindly shut up now. https://t.co/VRkErWvOk9
— Zanshi 惨死 (D – Jar Kitteh) (@zanshi1) June 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/jitotweets/status/870469159137759234
If they were really serious, another approach might be taken:
https://twitter.com/McCarthyKnew/status/870472381831270400
The Irony is so rich and smug here.
Really want to make a statement?
Shut all of the lights off. https://t.co/CnmzZRpyWS— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) June 2, 2017
Why not turn all the lights off you want to save the planet? https://t.co/LT1HpfQN74
— Jason Heard (@jheard15) June 2, 2017
Shouldn't they turn lights off if they're worried about it? https://t.co/sqOPiS9P1P
— Chad Kolton (@chadmkolton) June 2, 2017
You’d think so.
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