US EditionTrump Slams Newsom over ‘Inappropriate’ California-UK Energy Agreement
The agreement aims to bring $1 billion in clean energy investments and expand UK firms' access to California's market amid political tensions with President Trump.
- On Feb. 16, President Donald Trump denounced the California–UK clean-energy agreement hours after Gavin Newsom, California Governor, signed it in London with Ed Miliband, British Energy Secretary.
- On Monday, Gavin Newsom signed a memorandum with British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband to expand cooperation on decarbonization and offshore wind, aiming to deepen research ties and open California's market to UK firms.
- In comments to POLITICO, President Donald Trump said, `The worst thing that the U.K. can do is get involved in Gavin` and warned, `If they did to the U.K. what he did to California, this will not be a very successful venture.`
- A UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero spokesperson said Monday's pact is among state-level deals delivering jobs and growth, while Octopus Energy committed nearly $1 billion to California clean-energy projects.
- The episode follows federal policy shifts as the Trump administration withdrew from the United Nations Framework on Climate Change earlier this year and revoked a greenhouse-gases ruling last week.
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Trump is right: Newsom’s climate diplomacy is ‘garbage’
Gavin Newsom went to Munich to complain about Trump, and to run an alternative foreign policy, signing a memorandum of understanding on climate change with the left-wing British government Monday. Trump did not take kindly to that, declaring that everything Newsom touches turns to “garbage,” and noting that it was “inappropriate” for a governor to be conducting diplomacy. Newsom may have been playacting in preparation for the 2028 presidential p…
Trump slams UK for inking green energy deal with California, labels Newsom's environmental work as ‘disaster’
Trump disparages Newsom's clean energy deal with the UK, calling it ‘inappropriate’. The deal secures a $1 billion investment for California's carbon removal projects, while Newsom warns against Trump's offshore drilling proposals.
President Donald Trump questioned the growing international projection of California Governor Gavin Newsom after the Democrat signed a clean energy agreement with the UK during a diplomatic tour of Europe.Read more
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Trump Fumes at Gavin Newsom After California Signs Climate Deal With UK
Donald Trump lashed out at California Gov. Gavin Newsom after the Golden State inked a climate and clean energy deal with the United Kingdom. Newsom’s announcement of the partnership, which focuses on offshore wind, emissions reductions, and other green energy initiatives, was supposed to highlight California’s role as a global climate leader. Instead, it triggered a furious response from Trump, who called the deal “inappropriate” and took the o…
"The Trump administration is temporary. The California commitment is not. It will go away within three years. The goal of mitigating climate change will remain," says Newsom faces critics.
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