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06-02-2017, 11:38 AM
Tim Cook: 'Climate change is real and we all share a responsibility to fight it'
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Apple CEO Tim Cook is the latest tech executive to fire back at Donald Trump for pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement.
In a letter to employees obtained by Mashable, Apple's top executive expressed his "disappointment" with the decision and said he tried, unsuccessfully, to talk the president out of it earlier in the week.
SEE ALSO: 8 things Trump said about the Paris Climate Agreement that are total BS (http://mashable.com/2017/06/01/trump-paris-climate-agreement-8-signs-wrong/)
"I spoke with President Trump on Tuesday and tried to persuade him to keep the U.S. in the agreement. But it wasn't e**ugh," Cook wrote.
Like other business leaders (http://mashable.com/2017/06/01/biz-leaders-reaction-paris-agreement/), Cook promised Apple would continue to invest in renewable energy and other initiatives aimed at reducing the environmental footprint of the electronics giant. Apple has previously pledged to clean up its supply chain (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/apple-renewable-energy-supply-chain/) and said it intends to stop mining (http://mashable.com/2017/04/20/apple-mining-recycling-goal-**-plan/) rare earth metals — commitments Cook also reiterated in his letter. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/01/apple-ceo-time-cook-responds-paris-climate-agreeement/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Apple CEO Tim Cook is the latest tech executive to fire back at Donald Trump for pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement.
In a letter to employees obtained by Mashable, Apple's top executive expressed his "disappointment" with the decision and said he tried, unsuccessfully, to talk the president out of it earlier in the week.
SEE ALSO: 8 things Trump said about the Paris Climate Agreement that are total BS (http://mashable.com/2017/06/01/trump-paris-climate-agreement-8-signs-wrong/)
"I spoke with President Trump on Tuesday and tried to persuade him to keep the U.S. in the agreement. But it wasn't e**ugh," Cook wrote.
Like other business leaders (http://mashable.com/2017/06/01/biz-leaders-reaction-paris-agreement/), Cook promised Apple would continue to invest in renewable energy and other initiatives aimed at reducing the environmental footprint of the electronics giant. Apple has previously pledged to clean up its supply chain (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/apple-renewable-energy-supply-chain/) and said it intends to stop mining (http://mashable.com/2017/04/20/apple-mining-recycling-goal-**-plan/) rare earth metals — commitments Cook also reiterated in his letter. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/01/apple-ceo-time-cook-responds-paris-climate-agreeement/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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