California Gov. Gavin Newsom headed to New York this week to talk up his administration's efforts to combat climate change, and to take a swing or two at Republicans.
Never shy about basking in the spotlight, California Gov. Gavin Newsom headed to New York this week to talk up his administration’s efforts to combat climate change and to take a swing or two at former President Trump and his Republican compadre, Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
I’m Phil Willon, the assistant editor in The Times’ Sacramento bureau, filling in this week for Laurel Rosenhall. With some major help from Taryn Luna, who covers Newsom for The Times, here‘s the week’s biggest news in California politics.Newsom was the only U.S. politician who spoke at the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit in New York on Wednesday, and he didn’t mince words about the cause of, and blame for, global warming.
“For decades and decades, the oil industry has been playing each and every one of us in this room for fools,” Newsom said. “They’ve been buying off politicians. They’ve been denying and delaying science and fundamental information that they were privy to that they didn’t share or they manipulated. Their deceit and denial, going back decades, has created the conditions that persist here today.
The governor sat down with the New York Times to discuss the lawsuit at a Climate Week event on Sunday. He also made time for a fireside chat with Hillary Clinton and Ford Foundation President Darren Walker at the Clinton Global Initiative on Monday, and later in
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