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Lame duck Gov. Jerry Brown jetted-off in a CO2 spewing planes for 14-days of galas across the European Continent and a stop in New York City to showcase his United Nations Framework for Climate Change credentials.

Breitbart News reported that Brown will give the keynote speech for the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences Nov. 2-4 Vatican workshop titled “Health of People, Health of Planet and our Responsibility: Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health.”

Gov. Brown joined 10 U.S. Democrat mayors and no Republicans at a similar event in 2015, where he railed against climate-change skeptics as well-financed “troglodytes” who are determined to “bamboozle” the gullible from admitting that “human-induced climate change is a scientific reality, and its effective control is a moral imperative for humanity.”

But it seems that Brown crediting his winning an unprecedented fourth term as California governor in 2014 based on his climate change credentials, was outed by the Sacramento Bee for not flying to Italy on a commercial flight.

The Bee reported that Brown flew to the Vatican on the gas guzzling and CO2 belching private jet owned by Silicon Valley Silicon Valley real estate tycoon George Marcus and his wife Judy. Brown apparently split the cost of the 12,365-mile junket and listed the value of the Marcus’ donation at $56,440.

But Brown leveraged his climate change advocacy to gain a seat on President Obama’s official U.S. delegation to the United Nations Conference of Parties 21 (COP 21). Coupled with so-called California China and Canada deals, Brown was officially named by Prime Minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama as Special Climate Advisor for states and regions to the United Nations Conference of Parties 23 (COP 23), after President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris COP21 in early June.

Gov. Brown’s lame duck tour looks like it will cover about 18,000 miles with stops in Rome, Italy; Brussels Belgium, Olso, Norway; and Bonn, Germany. Brown will then fly for 3 days of meetings and galas around the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. Given that Brown’s office did not state that the trips would be on commercial flights, it is assumed that Brown will be again travelling on higher CO2 spewing private jets.

It also seems that the governor will not be lonely for Golden State Democrats on the trip to the United Nations Framework for Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. Rep. Scott Peters (D-San Diego) who will speak at the conference on the same day after Brown and California Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) will speak on Friday, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Brown told the LA Times, “While the White House declares war on climate science and retreats from the Paris Agreement, California is doing the opposite and taking action.” Brown added, “We are joining with our partners from every part of the world to do what needs to be done to prevent irreversible climate change.”