On Saturday in Paris, President Obama was practically breaking his arm patting himself on the back for his participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change. He called it “a turning point for the world.”

This is huge: Almost every country in the world just signed on to the #ParisAgreement on climate change—thanks to American leadership.

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 12, 2015

Representatives of 195 nations had met in France to commit to lower greenhouse gas emissions in an attempt to stave off climate change. The United Nations is obligating every world nation to participate, no matter how impoverished the country.

Al Gore, naturally, just couldn’t contain himself.

Today, the nations of the world concluded a bold and historic agreement. https://t.co/ysgJAccObh #COP21

— Al Gore (@algore) December 12, 2015

So-called “objective” journalists reacted as if their team had won the FIFA World Cup.

WE HAVE A #ParisAgreement pic.twitter.com/Xh7HSPWXSD

— Miranda Johnson (@MSLJeconomist) December 12, 2015

This is no triumph. This agreement is more noxious than anything belched out by a coal-fired factory.