--- title: Weather Channel Trolls Trump for Climate Decision description: The Weather Channel didn't hold back in its indictment of Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. canonical: https://time.com/4803410/weather-channel-trolls-trump/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-02T17:39:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:05:15.209Z og:title: Now the Weather Channel Is Trolling Trump og:description: They turned their homepage into an indictment of Trump's withdrawal og:url: https://time.com/4803410/weather-channel-trolls-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a791ab074055340/6988cff10b72e3de9e6ee142/lightning-sky.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1790 og:image:height: 1007 og:image:alt: Lightnings over the sky in Turkey's Hatay og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Now the Weather Channel Is Trolling Trump twitter:description: They turned their homepage into an indictment of Trump's withdrawal twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a791ab074055340/6988cff10b72e3de9e6ee142/lightning-sky.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Weather Channel Is Elaborately Shading Trump In the Wake of His Climate Decision > Sponsored content. 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President Trump announced plans to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate change Thursday, a move that will weaken a key international measure aimed at fighting global warming and isolate the U.S. on an issue of importance to allies._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 2, 2017 5:39 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 2, 2017 5:39 PM UTC Even the [Weather Channel](http://time.com/4071393/storm-yolo-weather-channel/) — a national mainstay, an independent entity accustomed to doling out news of the highs and lows of extreme temperatures, wild storms, and apocalyptic forest fires with even-keeled stoicism — is taking a stance against President Donald Trump’s [decision to withdraw](http://time.com/4803001/leonardo-dicaprio-on-trump-environment/) the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement. In response to Thursday’s news, the Weather Channel’s website became a veritable trove of articles cautioning about the aftermath of Trump’s choice. Its homepage transformed into a series of headlines calling out the gravity (and reality) of climate change. “So, what happens to Earth now?” read one. “Still don’t care? Proof you should,” read another. They posted stories about collapsing ice shelves, California’s disappearing coastline, and the greening of Antarctica to hammer their point home. And the internet took note of this unapologetic shift in editorial tone. > [](https://twitter.com/macblairlife/status/870338873204789248) > [](https://twitter.com/alexweprin/status/870378254863142912) > [](https://twitter.com/ScottGustin/status/870358459342098435) > [](https://twitter.com/WillOremus/status/870391061830672384) As of Friday afternoon, their website was still prominently featuring stories about disappearing ice, fact-checks of Trump’s claims regarding climate, and photo galleries of the changing environment. Looks like the meteorologists are not messing around. ## Transcript The United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord. [ APPLAUSE ] Thank you. So we're getting out. But we will start to negotiate and we will see if we can make a deal that's fair. And if we can, that's great. [ MUSIC ] As President, I could put no other consideration before the well being of American Citizens. The Paris China will be allowed to build Build hundreds of additional coal plants. So we can't build the plants, but they can, according to this agreement. India will be allowed to double its coal production by. [ MUSIC ] It is estimated it would only produce a two tenths. Of one degree, think of that, this much. Celsius reduction and global temperature by the year 20 Thousand 100. Tiny, tiny. [ MUSIC ] The Green Fund would likely obligate the United States to commit, potentially tens of billions of dollars, Of which the United states has already handed over 1 billion dollars. No body else has even close Paid in it. Including funds raided out of America's budget for the war against terrorism. That's where they came. [ MUSIC ] It is time to make America great again. Thank you. 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