California has reduced greenhouse gas emissions 20% since 2000, while state's GDP rose 81%

By G. A. McNeeley

November 13, 2025 (Brazil) -- Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to levels never seen in human civilization. That’s “turbocharging” the earth’s climate and causing more extreme weather, the United Nations’ weather agency said November 12, Fortune reports. 

California Governor Gavin Newsom pulled no punches at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, on November 11, when he called President Donald Trump an “invasive species” and a “wrecking ball” during discussions about the United States’ absence from global climate action, according to CNN.