US Edition‘Trump Is Temporary’: At Cop30, California Governor Newsom Slams US President’s Big Oil Push
Governor Newsom condemned the U.S. absence at COP30, highlighting California’s leadership with two-thirds clean energy and 90% of days powered by 100% clean energy this year.
- This year, California Governor Gavin Newsom criticised President Donald Trump's climate stance at a COP30 presidency press conference in Belém and said he travelled to prevent the United States being a conference footnote.
- Federal scepticism has shaped the US posture, with President Donald Trump signing an executive order withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement last January and repeatedly calling climate change a hoax.
- California's economic clout matters, as the fourth-largest global economy, sourcing two thirds of its daily energy from clean sources and running at 100% clean energy nine out of 10 days this year.
- The US absence made it one of only four countries at COP30 without a delegation, alongside Afghanistan, Myanmar and San Marino, out of almost 200 participants this year.
- Governor Gavin Newsom said California will 'assert itself, lean in, and compete' on climate policy, linking the insurance crisis to housing and mortgage access challenges.
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Gavin Newsom combats from his position as governor of California the climate change negationist policies that characterize US President Donald Trump. To the absence of the first president at COP30 he has called it an abomination. At COP30, which Gavin Newsom does attend, the Californian accused Trump of lack of leadership and explained that, instead of complaining, he was there to help find solutions. Newsom explained that he is radically oppose…
California Governor Newsom slams ‘wrecking ball president’ Trump at COP30 in Brazil
One of the most notable absences at this week’s United Nations Climate Change Conference reflects the leadership of one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world: the United States.
In the absence of Trump at COP30 in Brazil, it was his main democratic opponent, the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, who drew the light on Tuesday.
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