Overview
- Newsom condemned the U.S. absence from COP30 and Trump’s rollback of climate policies, calling the Paris exit a disgrace and urging nations to remember that “Trump is temporary.”
- He promoted California’s progress, saying the world’s fourth‑largest economy now gets about two‑thirds of its power from renewables and often reaches 100% clean energy for portions of the day.
- The White House mocked his trip, with spokesperson Taylor Rogers deriding a “Green New Scam” and highlighting California’s high energy costs.
- He said a future Democratic administration would rejoin the Paris Agreement without hesitation and warned that Trump’s stance cedes clean‑tech leadership to China.
- Subnational U.S. delegations worked the sidelines of COP30, as analysts cited University of Maryland findings that expanded state and local action paired with a pro‑climate presidency could cut U.S. emissions well over 50% by 2035.