Newsom is returning to a time-tested technique to exercise soft power at COP 30 this week: signing voluntary agreements, joint statements and other pointedly non-binding memorandums of understanding.

The California governor painted the president as a threat to American competitiveness by letting China dominate the renewable ...

U.N. negotiations among nations over curbing climate change don't include California, but Gavin Newsom sees a chance for leadership anyway.

As the United States retreats from its climate commitments under President Trump, Gov. Gavin Newsom is stepping onto the world stage in Brazil, casting himself as a de facto U.S. climate envoy at ...