WASHINGTON:  Tesla founder Elon Musk on Thursday confirmed he would quit White House business panels in reaction to President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord.

“Am departing presidential councils. Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world,” Musk wrote on Twitter shortly after Trump’s announcement.

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