"You don't matter, we don't care. This idea that somehow we can put up walls, we can put up barriers, we could put up tariffs, we put up our middle fingers and just turn our back is lunacy, Newsom said during an exclusive Associated Press interview at the climate talks in Belem, a city on the edge of the Amazon rainforest. And every other country in the world understands that. That's why every other country in this world is moving in a different direction."
"They say they are here to tell the 195 nations who are trying to fight climate change that much of the United States is doing its best despite Trump administration policies overturning environmental regulations and aiding the production of dirty fuels, such as coal, while stymying green energies like wind and solar. As he did during his first term, President Donald Trump is also pulling America from the 2015 Paris Agreement, which set international goals to limit average global temperature rise."
California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized the United States' absence from key United Nations climate negotiations, calling it a doubling down on stupid and warning of economic consequences. He said the federal decision to skip the talks signals disregard for other countries and called isolationist policies lunacy. Several U.S. governors and mayors attended COP30 to show subnational climate commitment despite federal rollbacks of environmental regulations. The Trump administration has reversed rules, supported fossil fuel production, and withdrawn from the 2015 Paris Agreement. Newsom contrasted California's leadership with federal policy and noted global momentum toward green energy, including moves by Russia, Saudi Arabia, and others.
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