Newsom warns US ceding energy future to China at COP30

California distinguishes itself from the current occupant in the White House in Washington, D.C

California is a stable and reliable partner. That's California Governor Gavin Newsom working to assure the global community at COP30 that his state is on their side in the fight against climate change, even if, as he claims, the Trump administration is not

The United States of America is dumb as we want to be on this topic

but the state of California is not. And so we are going to assert ourselves

we're going to lean in, and we are going to compete in this space

Newsom also championed his own state's role in combating climate change challenges

including a goal of making California carbon neutral by 2045, and push for Democrats to reframe the issue of climate change

The fourth largest economy in the world is running on 100% clean energy

nine out of 10 days so far this year. Two thirds of our grid is clean and green

but it's not, and I'll close, about electric dominance. It's about economic dominance

and it's a cost of living issue. It about affordability and it about time we start to frame it accordingly As the Trump administration decided to skip the annual climate conference in Brazil Newsom said he would step in

taking aim at President Trump's energy policies along the way, warning they opened the door for

China to surpass the U.S. in economic power as a result, in an interview with the Associated Press

at the summit. Where the hell is the United States of America? We're seeding cheap energy

green energy, infrastructure, supply change, manufacturing. We're ceding economic power to other countries, notably China, taking advantage of that absence. And they're going

to clean our clock economically unless we wake up to the economic imperative and opportunities

of low carbon green growth. The White House responded to Newsom's attack by launching

attacks of its own, saying in part that Newsom traveled, quote, to tout the Green News scam

while the people of California are paying some of the highest energy prices in the country

Embarrassing. California reportedly produces the most electricity from renewable energy, including solar and wind, than all other states except Texas. Newsom has been a frequent critic

of big oil, while Trump has pushed for a renewed focus on oil and coal for U.S. energy

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