Newsom tells world leaders Trump's retreat on the environment will mean economic harm
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SACRAMENTO — Gov.Gavin Newsom told world leaders Friday that President Trump’s retreat from efforts to combat climate change would decimate the U.S.
automobile industry and surrender the future economic viability to China and other nations embracing the transition to renewable energy.Newsom, appearing at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, urged diplomats, business leaders and policy advocates to forcefully stand up to Trump’s global bullying and loyalty to the oil and coal industry.The California governor said the Trump administration’s massive rollbacks on environmental protection will be short-lived.“Donald Trump is temporary.
He’ll be gone in three years,” Newsom said during a Friday morning panel discussion on climate action.“California is a stable and reliable partner in this space.”Newsom’s comments came in the wake of the Trump administration’s repeal of the endangerment finding and all federal vehicle emissions regulations.
The endangerment finding is the U.S.government’s 2009 affirmation that planet-heating pollution poses a threat to human health and the environment.Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin said the finding has been regulatory overreach, placing heavy burdens on auto manufacturers, restricting consumer choice and resulting in higher costs for Americans.
Its repeal marked the “single largest act of deregulation in the history of the United States of America,” he said.Scientists and experts were quick to condemn the action, saying it contradicts established science and will put more people in harm’s way.Independent researchers around the world have long concluded that greenhouse gases released by the burning of gasoline, diesel and other fossil fuels are warming the planet and worsening weather disasters.The move will also threaten the U.S.’s position as a leader in the global clean energy trans...