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Gavin Newsom's strong words about climate change at New York summit

FOR UNLEADED REGULAR, NOT GOOD. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM IS IN NEW YORK CITY. AND TODAY HE GAVE A SPEECH AT THE UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE AMBITION SUMMIT. THE GOVERNOR HIGHLIGHTED CALIFORNIA’S CLIMATE ACTION AND ALSO CALLED OUT THE OIL INDUSTRY THIS CLIMATE CRISIS. THIS IS A FOSSIL FUEL CRISIS. THIS CLIMATE CRISIS. THIS PERSISTS. IT’S NOT COMPLICATED. IT’S THE BURNING OF OIL. IT’S THE BURNING OF GAS. IT’S THE BURNING OF COAL. AND WE NEED TO CALL THAT OUT FOR DECADES AND DECADES, THE OIL INDUSTRY HAS BEEN PLAYING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IN THIS ROOM FOR FOOLS. THEY’VE BEEN BUYING OFF POLITICIANS. THEY’VE BEEN DENYING AND DELAYING SCIENCE AND FUNDING MENTAL INFORMATION THAT THEY WERE PRIVY TO THAT THEY DIDN’T SHARE OR THEY MANIPULATED THEIR DECEIT AND DENIAL. GOING BACK DECADES HAS CREATED THE CONDITIONS THAT PERSIST HERE TODAY. LAST WEEK, CALIFORNIA SUED BIG OIL COMPANIES. THE STATE ACCUSES THE INDUSTRY OF KNOWING ABOUT T

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Gavin Newsom's strong words about climate change at New York summit

California Gov. Gavin Newsom gave harsh words about the fossil fuel industry at the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit.For more on what he talked about, watch the video player above.
NEW YORK —

California Gov. Gavin Newsom gave harsh words about the fossil fuel industry at the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit.

For more on what he talked about, watch the video player above.

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