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Gavin Newsom: “We ran the fourth largest economy last year, nine out of 10…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Published | Video Starts at 01:22

Low carbon, green growth. And I know a thing or two about this. I represent the fourth largest economy from a GDP perspective in the world. And We ran the fourth largest economy last year, nine out of 10 days on 100% clean energy, 2/3 renewable energy. We've seen our GDP grow by 81% since 2000. And we've reduced our greenhouse gas emissions by 21%. Seven times more clean energy jobs than fossil fuel jobs. (01:22–01:32)

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Asserts that California ran on 100% clean energy for nine out of 10 days last year.

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