Regardless of how you feel about Gavin Newsom representing the US at COP, he’s a reminder that states have many many tools laying around that they can use to fight back against Trump’s environmental vandalism.

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1. From Bloomberg:

   “Regardless of your party affiliation, it was hard to feel too jazzed about California Governor Gavin Newsom [representing the US](https://calmatters.org/commentary/2025/11/newsom-climate-warrior-compromiser-candidate/) at the COP30 climate talks in Belem, Brazil. Democrats will grouse that we were once a proper country that sent actual presidents to these things. Republicans will see Newsom’s trip as just so much grandstanding for a 2028 White House run.

   “But with the current US government’s stance on climate change best summed up as “Make it worse, faster,” somebody’s got to fill the leadership void. Fortunately, America’s governors have a lot of power to not only represent the [vast majority](https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/visualizations-data/ycom-us/) of their constituents who care about this vital economic and national-security issue but to actually prevent much of the damage President Donald Trump is trying to do.”

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