It was only two years ago that California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta stood shoulder to shoulder at New York Climate Week unveiling California’s sweeping climate lawsuit against oil and gas majors. 

At the time climate lawfare activists hailed the 2023 suit as a seminal attack on the American energy industry, but the case has since meandered along for over two years with little to show for the fanfare.  

Fast forward to Climate Week NYC 2025, and the two officials are taking wildly different approaches to climate and energy policy, with the shift in rhetoric at this year’s gathering glaring.  

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