Gavin Newsom doesn’t really care about climate change — and I can prove it.
Despite his rhetoric, Newsom is loudly backing a massive, state-funded project that will pump millions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. Of course, I am referring to the colossal boondoggle known as California High Speed Rail — a project so onerous, it’s caught the attention of President Trump.
To date, more than $11 billion has been spent developing this train, with $3.4 billion coming from carbon fees generated by the state. The segment under construction is 171 miles through the Central Valley. That means thousands of tons of steel and millions of tons of cement — commodities with very large carbon footprints, estimated at 1.4 tons of carbon dioxide per ton of steel and 0.88 tons per ton of concrete…