"by going to Brazil's climate change conference (COP30), speaking on the need to fight climate change, and signing memos of understanding to advance renewable energy projects and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in coordination with a number of nations. I don't expect we'll ever see Donald Trump anywhere near a rainforest. But I was pleased to see you visiting Brazil, especially because, as your press release said, you were "reinforcing California's position as the reliable partner nations can count on when Washington fails to lead.""
"The fact that this step onto the world stage won't hurt your chances of securing the Democratic nomination in the 2028 presidential race wasn't mentioned in the press release, but if that's a byproduct of your fight to counteract the climate crisis when Trump won't, I can live with it, and I'm sure you can too. I didn't mind that you called Trump's absence from COP30 "disgraceful," either."
"While you called for climate change mitigation, as our president should, you also borrowed some of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's campaign ideas about making life affordable, when you suggested that climate disasters are costly, "a cost of living issue." You might have given Mamdani some credit or at least noted he too has been critical of the "affordability crisis," but I guess you had too much else to say."
Gavin Newsom traveled to Brazil for COP30, called for fighting climate change, and signed memoranda of understanding to advance renewable energy projects and reduce greenhouse gas emissions with multiple nations. He framed California as a reliable international partner when the federal government fails to lead. He criticized Donald Trump's absence as "disgraceful." He linked climate disasters to affordability, calling them "a cost of living issue," an idea similar to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's campaign proposals, though Mamdani was not credited. Newsom was encouraged to continue providing national leadership and promoting policies the federal administration is unlikely to pursue.
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