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   LA Times   
   Newsom tells world leaders Trump's retreat on the environment will mean   
   economic harm   
      
   Phil Willon, Hayley Smith   
   Fri, February 13, 2026 at 5:19 PM EST   
      
      
   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 transition, with nations such as China pulling ahead on   
   electric vehicle production and investments in renewables such as solar,   
   batteries and wind, experts said.   
      
   Newsom's trip to Germany is just his latest international jaunt in recent   
   months as he positions himself to lead the Democratic Party's opposition to   
   Trump and the Republican-led Congress, and to seed a possible run for the   
   White House in 2028. Last month Newsom traveled to the World Economic Forum   
   in Davos, Switzerland, and in November to the U. N. climate summit in   
   Bele´m, Brazil — mocking and condemning Trump's policies on Greenland,   
   international trade and the environment.   
      
   When asked how he would restore the world's confidence in the United States   
   if he were to become president, Newsom sidestepped. Instead he offered a   
   campaign-like soliloquy on California's success on fostering Tesla and the   
   nation's other top electric vehicle manufacturers as well as being a magnet   
   for industries spending billions of dollars on research and development for   
   the global transition away from carbon-based economies.   
      
   The purpose of the Munich conference was to open a dialogue among world   
   leaders on global security, military, economic and environmental issues.   
   Along with Friday's discussion on climate action, Newsom is scheduled to   
   appear at a livestreamed forum on transatlantic cooperation Saturday.   
      
   Andrew Forrest, executive chairman of the Australia-based mining company   
   giant Fortescue, said during a panel Friday his company is proof that even   
   the largest energy-consuming companies in the world can thrive without   
   relying on the carbon-based fuels that have driven industries for more than   
   a century. Fortescue, which buys diesel fuel from countries across the   
   world, will transition to a "green grid" this decade, saving the company a   
   billion dollars a year, he said.   
      
   "The science is absolutely clear, but so is the economics. I am, and my   
   company Fortescue is, the industrial-grade proof that going renewable is   
   great economics, great business, and if you desert it, then in the end,   
   you'll be sorted out by your shareholders or by your voters at the ballot   
   box, " Forrest said.   
      
      
   Newsom said California has also shown the world what can be done with   
   innovative government policies that embrace electric vehicles and the   
   transition to a non-carbon-based economy, and continues to do so despite   
   the attacks and regressive mandates being imposed by the Trump   
   administration.   
      
   "This is about economic prosperity and competitiveness, and that's why I'm   
   so infuriated with what Donald Trump has done, " Newsom said. "Remember,   
   Tesla exists for one reason — California's regulatory market, which created   
   the incentives and the structure and the certainty that allowed Elon Musk   
   and others to invest and build that capacity. We are not walking away from   
   that. "   
      
   California has led the nation in the push toward EVs. For more than 50   
   years, the state enjoyed unique authority from the EPA to set stricter   
   tailpipe emission standards than the federal government, considered   
   critical to the state's efforts to address its notorious smog and air-   
   quality issues. The authority, which the Trump administration has moved to   
   rescind, was also the basis for California's plan to ban the sale of new   
   gasoline-powered cars by 2035.   
      
   The administration again targeted electric vehicles in its announcement on   
   Thursday.   
      
   "The forced transition to electric vehicles is eliminated, " Zeldin said.   
   "No longer will automakers be pressured to shift their fleets toward   
   electric vehicles, vehicles that are still sitting unsold on dealer lots   
   all across America. "   
      
   But the efforts to shut down the energy transition may be too little, too   
   late, said Hannah Safford, former director of transportation and resilience   
   at the White House Climate Policy Office under the Biden administration.   
      
   "Electric cars make more economic sense for people, more models are   
   becoming available, and the administration can't necessarily stop that from   
   happening, " said Safford, who is now associate director for climate and   
   environment at the Federation of American Scientists.   
      
   Still, some automakers and trade groups supported the EPA's decision, as   
   did fossil fuel industry groups and those geared toward free markets and   
   regulatory reform. Among them were the Independent Petroleum Assn. of   
   America, which praised the administration for its "efforts to reform and   
   streamline regulations governing greenhouse gas emissions. "   
      
      
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