Gavin Newsom, the California governor and potential White House heir, has been using climate lawfare to impose his extreme energy agenda on California. His policies have led to higher prices, manufactured scarcity, and a growing national security nightmare. The Newsom model of regulation, overregulation, and climate mandates has not ushered in a green utopia but has resulted in higher prices, manufactured scarcity, and a growing national security nightmare.
The state’s “energy island” status means Californians can’t simply import their way out of shortages. Every extra dollar squeezed at the pump and every pink slip for an energy worker is the real cost of this ideological crusade. Consumers are misled that Newsom demands sacrifices for environmental good, as America’s oil, natural gas, and coal industries are the most efficient and responsibly developed in the world. Offshoring energy production to regimes with no regard for human rights or environmental protection doesn’t help the planet, rather it empowers adversaries and weakens American security.
The cost of these policies falls squarely on working Americans, as the cost of energy drives the price of every good and service, from food to housing to healthcare. Newsom must realize that California’s climate lawfare crusade could run the U.S. economy into the ground. If he wants to lead America, he would first need to lead the charge in slamming shut the revolving door of regulatory lawfare, ending the war on affordable energy, and reasserting American energy independence.
For California’s sake and the country’s sake, it’s time to put energy affordability and reliability back at the center of our national priorities.
