Recently, California Governor Gavin Newsom has taken the next step in differentiating California from the Trump Administration, signing an agreement with Denmark regarding climate, technology, and cybersecurity. An article by Laura Klivans recently published in KQED notes that California is separating itself from the rest of the United States, choosing to focus its economic strategy on green energy, sustainability, and artificial intelligence. This directly challenges the current fossil-fuel-focused economic plans of the federal government, furthering America’s already massive political divide. The article outlined the contents of the agreement: the goal of carbon neutrality by 2045, the intent to collaborate on cybersecurity issues, and the sharing of knowledge on various new technologies and sustainability breakthroughs. With the climate crisis surging forward and the federal government refusing to engage, California has just proven that individual states have the opportunity to tackle climate-related issues on their own. Newsom has not hidden his aversion to President Trump, and perhaps if more states follow California in utilizing their agency, something traditionally supported by the Republican Party, the tides may shift in America’s fight against climate change.