I wonder if Gavin will fly commercial or take a private jet? Or, better yet, a low carbon sailing ship?
Despite diplomatic tension, Newsom seeks to promote Chinese cooperation on climate change
As rising fossil fuel emissions continue to push global temperatures to record highs, California Gov. Gavin Newsom will head to China this month to meet with officials on such environmental imperatives as offshore wind power, air pollution reduction and the transition to fully electric vehicles, according to the governor’s staff.
The visit, which is likely to boost Newsom’s reputation as a national leader in climate policy, comes at a time of increasing economic and military tension between Washington and Beijing.
Although friction between the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters makes binational cooperation difficult, experts say California can help to bridge this gap through ‘subnational’ diplomacy — encouraging international cooperation and forging climate-focused partnerships.
And while in China Gavin will take lots of fossil fueled vehicles to travel around and see the sites, along with some other stuff. This is a very long article, and not once do the LA Times writers ask “say, how is Gavin getting there? And why is his carbon footprint so big?”
Gavin will spend a lot of time yammering with the Chinese, make all sorts of promises, and put lots into action, forcing California citizens to comply, while China does nothing.
UK police charge climate activist Greta Thunberg after protest
Climate activist Greta Thunberg was charged by British police on Wednesday after she and others were arrested at a protest outside a London hotel where an oil and gas conference was taking place.
Thunberg was charged with a public order offence for failing to comply with conditions that police said had been imposed to prevent “serious disruption to the community, hotel and guests.”
She has been released on bail and is due appear in court on Nov. 15.
Will the charges stick or will they be dismissed? Will she travel back and forth to the UK on a fossil fueled ship or plane, or take the long, long train?
I’m pretty sure there is a law against any person conducting diplomacy on behalf of the United States without the expressed permission of the US Government. But I suspect that is only enforced when a Republican violates it. Democrats held shadow government meetings with several countries during the Trump administration without permission.
While he is there, he should ask them about their strip mining the oceans of wildlife, creating the plastic trash islands, and how much pollution they create when they burn their EVs. It is very eye opening for American communist/greens to visit China and see just what communism does to an environment. Not to mention what it does to minority populations of people. Visits like that are how the rest of us see that American communists really don’t care about the environment, endangered species, or climate shifting. It is all about seizing power. Communists in China already have the power.
Professor when you say “communism” are you using that term as Karl Marx did?
In China I don’t think many factories are actually owned by their workers, do you?
Under communism there is supposed to be only one class, I don’t think that fits there either.
They are communist in name only.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics? Were they Republicans?
As far as that loooong train ride? London to Oslo is 32 hours city to city. EuroStar!!
Newsom travelled on a commercial jet, probably a Boeing 777. They get better than 70 mpg per each passenger seat . Very fuel efficient
About 90 gal fuel burn per seat, of course, cargo revenue would decrease that fuel used by seats to about 70 gal burned.
Ah… the old no true communist argument. Closely aligned with the “they aren’t doing it right” argument.