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Trump is right: Newsom’s climate diplomacy is ‘garbage’

Gavin Newsom went to Munich to complain about Trump, and to run an alternative foreign policy, signing a memorandum of understanding on climate change with the left-wing British government Monday.

Trump did not take kindly to that, declaring that everything Newsom touches turns to “garbage,” and noting that it was “inappropriate” for a governor to be conducting diplomacy.

Newsom may have been playacting in preparation for the 2028 presidential primary. But his irritation is real when it comes to Trump’s knockout punch to Obama-era climate regulations, announced last week.

Trump, standing alongside EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, repealed the so-called “endangerment finding,” the 2009 ruling that’s been used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars, factories and power plants for over 15 years.

The California governor called the repeal “doubling down on stupid.” But he has the most to lose, because if he doubles down on renewables, energy prices between the Golden State and the rest of the U.S. will widen even further, leaving Californians in the dust.

That’s what happened in the UK after Parliament passed the Climate Change Act in 2008. With binding carbon budgets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Brits complain of slow growth, low wages, and higher energy prices and taxes.

Newsom also inked a new partnership with Ukraine focusing on “economic recovery, innovation, and resilience.” No mention of renewables. When you’re in a war zone, you need solid fossil fuels and nuclear tech, not solar panels, wind, and empty reservoirs.

Thanks to Trump and Zeldin, American taxpayers will save over $1 trillion by scrapping federal emission standards for cars, and further trillions by ending emissions standards for power plants and........

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