US EditionGov. Newsom Blasts Trump Administration for Not Attending Climate Conference in Brazil
- On Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized President Donald Trump for failing to send high-level U.S. representatives to COP30 in Belém, calling the absence disrespectful while highlighting California's climate leadership at a Milken Institute event in São Paulo.
- After withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement, President Donald Trump, President of the United States rolled back emissions policies and opposed international carbon taxes, while U.S. Republicans ended clean energy tax credits recently.
- Touting California's clean-energy progress, Newsom highlighted the state now sources two-thirds of its electricity from renewables and extended the cap-and-invest program through 2045.
- Despite lacking seats at the COP30 negotiating process, Champa Patel said, `The states have that roadmap, they can still follow it and keep to the spirit of Paris,` highlighting limits subnational governments face without federal support, as Nate Hultman added, `The president can't throw a switch and turn everything off – that's not how our system works.`
- With leaders from nearly 200 nations gathered, COP30 in Belém tackles finance with a Brazil-led $125 billion rainforest protection initiative and eyes Ethiopia as informal host of COP32 in 2027.
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DECRYPTAGE - Donald Trump was absent from Brazil at the 30th climate change conference, which he described as "canular", leaving the field open to one of his main opponents, Gavin Newsom.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is making his presence known at the United Nations climate summit, slamming the Trump administration for “doubling down on stupid” by missing talks in Belém, Brazil. Newsom, a potential Democratic nominee for president in 2028, is among the top American politicians at COP30. He had terse words for his political…
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