Yet as the country’s most populous state and largest economy, “California is one of the major contributors to the wealth of America. So when you step on California, you’re stepping on America,” he said. While three Republicans from California voted against the House plan, 11 supported it. Brown called this “a form of declaring war on their fellow neighbors and citizens.” Brown’s comments came days after he returned from the United Nations Conference on climate change in Bonn, Germany. The governor has embraced the role of counterweight on the world stage to climate skeptics in Washington
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