Gavin Newsom: “This climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis.”

“So I'm here with humility and gratitude to all of you, but particularly you, Mister secretary general, for your clarity. Because I think it's time for us to be a lot more clear. This climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis. This climate crisis persists. It's not complicated. 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.” (02:15–02:21)

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