Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Paris Agreement
Overview
Donald Trump plans to withdraw the United States from the Paris agreement on climate change. That's bad news for anyone who happens to live on this planet.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 2017-06-04
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Paris Agreement is Episode 14 in Season 4 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2017-06-04. The runtime is 30 min.
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