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California's Newsom blasts Trump's 'dumb' climate policy at COP30

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California Governor Gavin Newsom assured an audience at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil that his state would continue to prioritize green technology, while blasting U.S. President Donald Trump's "dumb" decision to reverse federal climate policy and warning it risks ceding the fast-growing clean energy market to China.

Breakdown
  • Governor Newsom criticized President Trump's climate policies as 'dumb' at the COP30 summit in Brazil.
  • Newsom warned that U.S. federal inaction risks ceding the clean energy market to China, which is aggressively investing in the sector. 8s
  • He pledged that California would continue to prioritize and lead in green technology regardless of federal policy. 41s
  • Newsom highlighted bipartisan roots for U.S. climate action and contrasted them with Trump's promotion of fossil fuels and federal absence from COP30. 1m 9s
  • He dismissed Trump's expected order to reopen offshore drilling, stating it would be 'dead on arrival.' 1m 36s
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