CLIMATE CHANGE/ELON MUSK: “Elon Musk says he’ll step down from President Donald Trump’s advisory councils if he decides to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.
The CEO of both Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX tweeted Wednesday [5-31-17] that he’s done everything possible to lobby the president to keep the U.S. in the treaty.
‘Don’t know which way Paris will go, but I’ve done all I can to advise directly to POTUS, through others in WH & via councils, that we remain,’ Musk said.
Asked via Twitter what he’ll do if Trump decides to leave, Musk responded that he would ‘have no choice but to depart [the] councils in that case.’
Musk is currently one of 18 business leaders who serve on Trump’s business advisory council, formally known as the Strategic and Policy Forum. He is also part of the president’s manufacturing jobs initiative, and has met with POTUS to discuss the need to boost infrastructure spending.”
-Julia Horowitz, “Elon Musk to Trump: Ditch Paris deal and I’ll quit as your adviser,” CNN Money, CNN.com, May 31, 2017 3:55pm