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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Gavin Newsom is raising alarms on climate change again"and getting basic facts wrong. The California governor vows to sue the federal government over the Trump administration's repeal of the Environmental Protection Agency's 2009 "endangerment finding," the main legal basis under the Clean Air Act for mandating reductions in carbon-dioxide emissions. Mr. Newsom claims the reversal will trigger "more deadly wildfires" and "more extreme heat deaths." Age-adjusted heat-related death risk in California has risen modestly in recent decades"enough to account for 90 additional annual deaths likely linked to higher temperatures. But he omits the other side: Warming has helped reduce age-adjusted cold-related deaths by more than 5,000 a year. Citing only the tiny heat increase while ignoring the large decrease in cold-related deaths is misleading.

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The paywall has a drop down tab top right that allows you to bypass it and read the op Ed.

#1 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-18 11:25 AM | Reply

"Gavin Newsom is raising alarms on climate change again"and getting basic facts wrong"
Posted by BellRinger

Did you get basic facts wrong when you claimed that Howard Schultz paid "a lot" in income tax to a state that doesn't have income tax?

#2 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-03-18 01:32 PM | Reply

#2. How are state taxes relevant 5o this thread, ankle biter?

Try commenting on topic. Just once.

#3 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-03-18 01:46 PM | Reply

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