California governor Gavin Newsom endorses global fossil fuel phaseout
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Key context: <p>Newsom is the most prominent US politician at Cop31, a process the Trump administration<strong> </strong>continues to boycott</p><p>The leader of the world’s fourth biggest economy, California governor Gavin Newsom, has explicitly endorsed a global phase out of the fossil fuels that drive climate breakdown.</p><p>Newsom told the Guardian that California is “100%” behind the efforts of the so-called <a href="https://santamartaprocess.org/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=24204209404&gbraid=0AAAAACTrf9piLJ0v-AfBfkwOYmV6GsC8E&gclid=Cj0KCQiAh9vXBhDKARIsAMooYhcovc59OQjkRfO0vLLyqnljbaspJZtHvCzVa1RS3WuYbDyHKGF6DXAaAhAJEALw_wcB">Santa Marta coalition</a>, a group of more than 50 countries that includes many of the world’s largest economies, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/30/colombia-climate-talks-end-fossil-fuel-phaseout">to transition away from oil, gas and coal</a> toward solar, wind, batteries and other non-carbon energy sources.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/nov/13/california-gavin-newsom-endorses-fossil-fuel-phaseout">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Newsom is the most prominent US politician at Cop31, a process the Trump administration continues to boycottThe leader of the world’s fourth biggest economy, California governor Gavin Newsom, has explicitly endorsed a global phase out of the fossil fuels that drive climate breakdown.Newsom told the Guardian that California is “100%” behind the efforts of the so-called Santa Marta coalition, a group of more than 50 countries that includes many of the world’s largest economies, to transition away from oil, gas and coal toward solar, wind, batteries and other non-carbon energy sources. Continue reading...
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