California Gov. Jerry Brown to protesters during climate speech: ‘Let’s put you in the ground’
by Mandy Mayfield | Washington Examiner
California Governor Jerry Brown speaks in the U.S. Climate Action Center at the COP 23 Fiji UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. Brown’s and Michael Bloomberg’s “America’s Pledge” campaign works to compile and tally the climate actions of states, cities, colleges, businesses, and other local actors across the entire U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Brown was speaking at the U.S. Climate Action Pavilion on behalf of “America’s Pledge,” which brings together leaders from both the private and public sector to ensure America remains dedicated to the climate goals of the Paris Agreement.
Gov. Brown is on a 10-day visit to four countries while on his way to the United Nations conference on climate change.
“I wish we could have no pollution, but we have to have our automobiles,” Brown said in responding to the protesters disrupting his speech.
President Trump announced in June that the U.S. would withdraw from the Paris Climate agreement, saying it would “undermine” the U.S. economy.