by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder
As appearing on RealClear Energy
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to blame anyone and everything for his state’s wildfires except himself, his Democratic party and the radical green groups that have dictated the California agenda for the past 40 years.
At a meeting before cameras with President Trump on Monday about the wildfires, that have so far burned 3 million acres of California forests, Gov. Newsom faked an apology for California’s failure to manage its forests: “There is no question when you look [at] this past decade and look at the past thousand years that we have not done justice on our forest management. I don’t think anyone disputes that.”
Other than the odd reference to “the past thousand years,” so far so good. But then Gov. Newsom tried to pull a fast one on President Trump.
Newsom continued, “But one thing is fundamental – 57% of the land in this state is federal forest land, 3% is California.” (The other 40% is held by private landowners.)
