The Biden administration announced that the U.S. was on track to spend more than $9 billion dollars on “climate finance” internationally in 2023, according to a <a href="https://www.state.gov/progress-report-on-president-bidens-climate-finance-pledge/#:~:text=In%202023%2C%20preliminary%20estimates%20suggest,to%20the%20multilateral%20development%20banks." target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> released by the State Department on Saturday. 
The report, which was an update on the status of President Joe Biden’s pledge to dump billions into climate funding domestically and internationally, estimated that the U.S. would spend at least $9.5 billion on climate programs in 2023, nearly $4 billion more than the $5.8 billion spent in 2022.
Biden has aggressively pushed a so-called &#8220;transition&#8221; away from traditional energy sources during his time as president despite concerns about the cost and efficiency of new energy sources. Just months after taking office, Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/20/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-catalyze-global-climate-action-through-the-major-economies-forum-on-energy-and-climate/#:~:text=In%202021%2C%20President%20Biden%20pledged,billion%20a%20year%20by%202024." target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that the U.S. would send over $11 billion in “climate support” overseas per year by 2024. 
In the report, the State Department said that the U.S. “will continue to support developing country partners as they pursue ambitious climate action. The United States has prioritized boosting international climate finance, as well as demanding that international financial institutions evolve to better enable emerging market and developing countries to respond to global challenges, including climate change.”
The report came out the same day that Vice President Kamala Harris <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-announces-3-billion-for-green-projects-overseas-including-nearly-500m-for-gender-equity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the U.S. promise to spend another $3 billion in taxpayer dollars as a pledge to climate and “gender equity” funds at the Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai. The administration has flown dozens of officials to Dubai for the conference at taxpayer expense. 
At the conference on Monday, U.S. officials <a href="https://www.state.gov/united-states-and-partners-announce-energy-transition-accelerator-framework/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that the federal government would partner with the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bezos Fund to create the so-called Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA) coalition that will utilize the private sphere to push Biden&#8217;s climate agenda. 
“Based on preliminary estimates, the ETA could mobilize from $72 billion to $207 billion in transition finance by 2035. The ETA is pioneering a sectoral-scale crediting approach that will incentivize participating countries to intensify their near-term activities contributing to power sector decarbonization, including to deploy and utilize clean power and retire fossil fuel assets, to enhance storage capacity, transmission, and distribution, and for any needed policy shifts,” the State Department said.
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The Biden energy “transition” includes a push toward electric vehicles and he announced a goal to make two out of three new vehicles sold in 2032 electric.
His push has been criticized by auto dealers who say that the public is not ready for such a dramatic change.
“Mr. President, no government agency, no think tank, and no polling firm knows more about the automobile customer than us,” a group of 3,700 auto dealers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/3700-u-s-auto-dealers-push-biden-to-scrap-unrealistic-ev-mandate-low-demand-even-with-incentives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Biden last month. “Some customers are in the market for electric vehicles, and we are thrilled to sell them. But the majority of customers are simply not ready to make the change.”
The massive spending commitments come amid persistent inflation, including high gas prices, throughout Biden’s time in office.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> announced new rules for the oil and gas industry Saturday, requiring it to cut methane emissions by nearly 80% through 2038.
The U.S. committed to the new regulations on the oil and gas industry during the Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai where Vice President Kamala Harris also announced that the U.S. would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-announces-3-billion-for-green-projects-overseas-including-nearly-500m-for-gender-equity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spend $3 billion</a> in taxpayer dollars as a pledge to climate and “gender equity” funds.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan and White House National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi were also in Dubai to announce the new crackdown on methane emissions, saying the rule will help the Biden administration make the “progress we need to make.”
“From mobilizing billions in investment to plug orphaned wells, patch leaky pipes, and reclaim abandoned mines to setting strong standards that will cut pollution from the oil and gas sector, the Biden-Harris Administration is putting the full weight of the federal government into slashing harmful methane pollution,” Zaidi said in a <a href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-finalizes-standards-slash-methane-pollution-combat-climate#:~:text=%E2%80%9CFrom%20mobilizing%20billions%20in%20investment,government%20into%20slashing%20harmful%20methane" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
Under the new rule, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will require oil and gas companies to end routine flaring of natural gas and capture gas instead of burning it, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/02/climate/cop28-methane-announcement-climate/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>. Flaring is the conventional method oil and gas companies have <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/gasflaringreduction/gas-flaring-explained" target="_blank" rel="noopener">used</a> for controlled burning of natural gas since the beginning of oil production around 160 years ago.
The American Petroleum Institute (API) said it supports regulation of methane emissions, but asked the EPA to modify its current plan, <a href="https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2023/02/13/api-urges-epa-to-finalize-its-methane-rule-with-modifications" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “we are concerned the proposed rule as drafted could create barriers to innovation and hamper U.S. energy production, which could lead to higher energy costs.&#8221;
The API also joined the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and the American Exploration and Production Council in submitting comments to the EPA in October, warning that rule on methane emissions would “create a potentially significant financial impact” on the oil and gas industry, Just The News <a href="https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/despite-voluntary-gains-methane-reductions-epa-will-impose-more-regulations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Industry expert Tom Shepstone told Just The News that while seeking ways to reduce emissions can be good, the Biden administration is pursuing a more radical agenda.
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“I think we make a big mistake when we don&#8217;t recognize that the EPA, the Biden administration, and environmental groups, generally speaking — not all of them but a lot of them — are really about trying to get rid of fossil fuels,” Shepstone said.
Between 2018 and 2022, major oil and gas basins in the U.S. were already <a href="https://www.energyindepth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Methane-Emissions-Decline-Top-Basins-2018-22.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reporting</a> large declines in methane emissions, from 18% to 77% decreases. But even with oil and gas companies working to decrease emissions, the Biden administration has now leveled more restrictions on the industry in back-to-back years after <a href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-strengthens-proposal-cut-methane-pollution-protect" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increasing</a> standards last year.

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Biden Admin Finalizes Plan To Cut Oil And Gas Industry’s Methane Emissions By 80%

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Thousands of American auto dealers are pushing President Joe Biden to scrap his electric vehicle mandate because consumers are not warming up to buying EVs for various reasons.
The group of 3,700 dealerships, which collectively sell every major brand of automakers in the U.S., said in a letter to Biden that his push to make two out of every three new cars sold by 2032 to be electric was highly unrealistic.
While there were good options for people wishing to buy electric vehicles, &#8220;the reality, however, is that electric vehicle demand today is not keeping up with the large influx of BEVs [Battery Electric Vehicle] arriving at our dealerships prompted by the current regulations. BEVs are stacking up on our lots.&#8221;
The dealerships said they&#8217;ve seen a drastic shift in demand for electric vehicles in just the last year and that they are arriving on their lots faster than they can be sold despite &#8220;deep price cuts, manufacturer incentives, and generous government incentives,&#8221; the letter said.
&#8220;Mr. President, no government agency, no think tank, and no polling firm knows more about the automobile customer than us,&#8221; it continued. &#8220;Some customers are in the market for electric vehicles, and we are thrilled to sell them. But the majority of customers are simply not ready to make the change.&#8221;
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The dealerships cited numerous reasons that consumers do not want electric vehicles, including their high cost, the lack of garages for home charging, the lack of access for public charging, the loss of driving range in hot or cold weather, and the &#8220;dramatic loss of range&#8221; when towing.
&#8220;Reliable charging networks, electric grid stability, sourcing of materials, and many other issues need time to resolve,&#8221; the letter said. &#8220;And finally, many people just want to make their own choice about what vehicle is right for them.&#8221;
Mickey Anderson, president and chief executive officer of Baxter Auto Group, which owns and operates dealerships in several midwest states, said dealerships have “never seen a situation where government has intervened in such a draconian way.”
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WATCH: <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaPerino?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaPerino</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/BryanLlenas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BryanLlenas</a> report on car dealerships across the US calling on Biden to stop his administration’s electric vehicle mandates:
“Mr. President, it is time to tap the brakes on the unrealistic government electric vehicle mandate.” <a href="https://t.co/Tqx3T5TsXc">pic.twitter.com/Tqx3T5TsXc</a>
&mdash; Conservative War Machine (@WarMachineRR) <a href="https://twitter.com/WarMachineRR/status/1729542802671837582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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3,700+ U.S. Auto Dealers Push Biden To Scrap ‘Unrealistic’ EV Mandate: Low Demand Even With Incentives

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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer <a href="https://www.wnem.com/2023/11/28/watch-live-whitmer-signs-michigan-jobs-michigan-energy-bill-package/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> Democrat-proposed energy bills Tuesday, giving the state some of the most rigid energy mandates in the nation.
The Democrats’ green energy plan — a package of three bills passed along party lines — requires utility providers to transition to completely carbon-free energy generation by the end of the next decade, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/michigan-democrats-clean-energy-301c639cc089fca26a746ad2f4baff3d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The mandate, which is even more fast-tracked than the green energy bill passed in <a href="https://www.energy.ca.gov/programs-and-topics/topics/renewable-energy/clean-energy-serving-california#:~:text=Senate%20Bill%20100%20(2018)%20set,zero%20carbon%20energy%20by%202045.">California</a>, will force utility companies to generate half of their energy through renewable sources by 2030, 60% by 2035, and 100% by 2040.
“With passage of these game-changing bills, Michigan will become a national leader on clean energy,” Whitmer said in a <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2023/11/08/governor-whitmer-statement-on-passage-of-clean-energy-legislation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> earlier this month. “These bills will help us make more clean, reliable energy right here in Michigan, creating tens of thousands of good-paying jobs, and lowering utility costs for every Michigander by an average of $145 a year.”
Still, some far-Left environmental activists were not completely happy with the legislation, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/whitmer-signs-clean-energy-package-make-michigan-carbon-free-2040-rcna126977" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticizing</a> the mandate for allowing utility providers to use carbon capture technology and saying that it fails to “adequately reduce greenhouse gas emissions while bringing more pollution to Black, Brown, Indigenous and poor communities.”
Republicans in the state House and Senate on the other hand said the mandate would effectively ban natural gas and take control of hundreds of thousands of acres of land for renewable energy.
Michigan Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt told The Daily Wire in a phone interview that Michigan&#8217;s power outage problem, which is already <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2023/09/05/michigan-power-outage-rates-double-the-national-average" target="_blank" rel="noopener">double</a> the national rate, would only get worse thanks to the Democrats&#8217; bill.
“This does nothing to correct the issues on the distribution system. All this does is increases the likelihood of power outages and decreases reliability,” said Nesbitt.
Nesbitt added that the law will also “industrialize” Michigan farmland, meaning that the law&#8217;s land requirement for renewable energy will “preempt” residents from having any say in how local land is used.
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“Currently, 50,000 acres are used for renewable energy. This will mandate that over 350,000 new acres of land will have to be pushed into renewable energy,” he said.
An <a href="https://www.mackinac.org/pressroom/2023/new-energy-bills-would-increase-costs-and-blackouts">analysis</a> from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy also found that the new green energy mandate will cost residents an extra $2,746 a year while giving them less reliable electricity. Republican House Floor Leader Bryan Posthumus told The Daily Wire, “Without a doubt, these mandates will lead to higher costs and lower reliability.”
&#8220;In government, you literally get what you pay for,&#8221; Posthumus added. &#8220;By mandating wind and solar, only the governor has taken many other necessary and useful options off the table to score points with the coastal elites. Michigan could have been the national leader in how to do renewable the right way. Instead, Whitmer chose the strong-arm approach with an eye on a 2028 presidential run. It really is truly disappointing.&#8221;
Many residents of Marquette Township, Michigan, which is in the state&#8217;s Upper Peninsula, voiced frustration with their Democratic Representative Jenn Hill after she joined Democrats in passing the energy mandate. After a meeting last week, Forsyth Township Supervisor Joe Boogren said questions were not being answered on the issue, TV6 <a href="https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2023/11/20/tensions-high-townhall-about-energy-laws/">reported</a>.
“We can read. We’re not as dumb as you think we are or make us out to be, and we wanted to talk to you as elected officials to elected official and ask you questions that mean something, not go for this,” Boogren said.

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It should come as no surprise to witness the very same people calling for a Green New Deal and the energy disarming of America appear to be the very same people who are proudly anti-Israel. This became even more clear as many of us were gathering with family to celebrate gratitude during Thanksgiving, because opponents of American energy and Israeli freedom were hard at work at the same time.
First, protestors disrupted and were eventually arrested at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-palestinian-demonstrators-block-macys-thanksgiving-parade-force-it-to-be-diverted">Macy’s Thanksgiving parade</a> demanding &#8220;liberation for Palestine and planet.” Next, climate darling Greta Thunberg <a href="https://twitter.com/EnvirosTakingLs/status/1728446520788156853">took to the streets</a> of Stockholm shouting “Crush Zionism” to anyone who still listens to her. 
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WATCH: Climate activist Greta Thunberg chants “Crush Zionism” at a pro-Palestinian rally in Stockholm. 
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&mdash; EnvirosTakingLs (@EnvirosTakingLs) <a href="https://twitter.com/EnvirosTakingLs/status/1728446520788156853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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And not to be forgotten “The Squad,” the four most intolerable and intolerant members of Congress, were among the very few to <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023528?Date=10%2F25%2F2023">proudly vote against</a> standing with Israel after the atrocities committed by Hamas. Yes, they are the same leaders behind the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/319/cosponsors?s=3&amp;r=4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">effort to force</a> the Green New Deal.
It is not a coincidence. The loudest voices against Israel are also the loudest voices working to force a radical environmental agenda. It’s also not happenstance that the laws and rules they support just so happen to erode the strength of democratic nations, especially the United States and Israel.
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After all, today’s green agenda is not an environmental movement, it’s an authoritarian one. Before dismissing this notion as hyperbolic, consider the cold, hard, facts which more than speak for themselves:
<ul>
<li>Since taking office, President Joe Biden has issued <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders/joe-biden/2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">126 executive orders</a> with many aimed at the American energy industry. At the same time, the Biden Administration <a href="https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/reflecting-americas-rapid-and-accelerating-shift-clean-energy-interior-department" target="_blank" rel="noopener">is boasting</a> about the fewest oil and gas leases in history. All while circumventing Congress.</li>
<li>While working overtime to erode American energy, the Biden Administration turns a blind eye to Iranian oil sanctions. Since Biden’s swearing in, Iran is exporting <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iranian-oil-exports-end-2022-high-despite-no-nuclear-deal-2023-01-15/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more of their oil</a> than ever. The ensuing billions of dollars flowing to Tehran can then be sent to support Hamas and Hezbollah. It is an arrangement that must make Greta and The Squad very happy.</li>
<li>Once again using an executive order to go around Congress, Biden created the “<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/climatecorps/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Climate Corps</a>” out of thin air…and a lot of public money. Biden’s goal is <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-deploying-20000-climate-activists-making" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20,000 activists</a> that have their expenses, including housing and transportation, covered by taxpayers. Rest assured; the ranks of Thanksgiving parade disrupters will swell when they are nurtured by Biden’s green handouts.</li>
<li>The avalanche of Biden’s proposed rules and regulations reach into every room of every American home. Gas stoves, gas-fed furnaces and gas-powered cars are all targets that the Biden Administration is working to ban without a single vote from Congress. In the meantime, the solar panels, electric vehicles, and batteries Biden claims will pave the way to the future are nearly 100% products of Communist China. As a real authoritarian regime, China is the biggest beneficiary of Biden’s green push at <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-regulations-cost-americans-10000-per-household-study" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the expense of</a> American family budgets. By the way, China is also a major customer of Iranian oil.</li>
</ul>
Those on the Left call it “intersectionality” when different groups jump on a cause just to support their political allies. It is the trend that enabled America’s teacher union leaders to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/randi-weingarten-crushed-pushing-school-lockdowns-live-debate-no-remorse-whatsoever" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suddenly became loud voices</a> in the health arena during Covid lockdowns. The Left will close ranks to protect even the most extreme wings of their ideology. In this case, when it comes to protesting Israel and protesting American energy, those two wings have found common cause.
The consequences of these actions can be deadly. On the world stage, America is weaker when Biden and the intersectional Left push their agenda. From Greta to The Squad, ideas like the Green New Deal have nothing to do with the climate. And everything to do with knee-capping our allies abroad and America at home.
They’re all on the same team, and it’s not ours.
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Larry Behrens is the Communications Director for Power The Future and is the author of the book, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sabotage-Surrendered-American-Energy-Independence/dp/B0C87HHRJR/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DVTZR49E34ON&amp;keywords=sabotage+book+larry+behrens&amp;qid=1697814823&amp;sprefix=sabotage+la%2Caps%2C119&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sabotage: How Joe Biden Surrendered American Energy Independence</a>.” He’s also appeared on Fox News, Newsmax and One America News. You can find him on Twitter at @larrybehrens or email at <a href="mailto:larry@powerthefuture.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">larry@powerthefuture.com</a>. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Democratic House Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, And Summer Lee Call For Cease Fire In Gaza

Why The Loudest Anti-Israel Voices Are Also The Loudest ‘Green New Deal’ Voices

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-air-force" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Air Force</a> has requested that Congress pass legislation to stop wind turbines from encroaching on nuclear missile sites throughout the U.S.
According to the Air Force, underground nuclear missile sites in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Colorado need to be shielded from the growing wind turbine industry for safety and security concerns. The Air Force <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/air-force-asks-congress-protect-nuclear-launch-sites-104685988" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> that 46 of the 450 underground nuclear missile sites have been “severely” encroached upon. Some wind turbines can stand 650 feet tall and present a barrier for helicopters carrying technicians or others who need to access the sites.
“When you think about a wind turbine, and even fields of wind turbines, they’ll stretch for miles,” Staff Sgt. Chase Rose, a UH-1 Huey flight engineer at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, told the Associated Press. “They’re monstrous, and then you have gigantic blades spinning on them as well. Not only is that a physical obstacle, but those turbines, they create the hazards like turbulence as well. That can be really dangerous for us to fly into. So it’s a very complex situation, when you have to deal with those.”
The Air Force is advocating for legislation that would mandate a 2-nautical-mile buffer zone around the hundreds of underground missile launch sites throughout the U.S. The Air Force and the American Clean Power Association drafted the legislation.
“The wind industry recognizes the nuclear missile silo mission is unique,&#8221; said American Clean Power Association spokesman Jason Ryan. “However, one-size-fits-all setbacks do not make sense for other [Department of Defense] missions or assets as site-specific and mission-specific evaluations are necessary to ensure military readiness.”
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Air Force Maj. Victoria Hight, a spokeswoman for F.E. Warren Air Force Base, said the wind turbines can hamper “safe helicopter transit and nuclear security operations” but that the Air Force supports &#8220;renewable energy efforts to include wind turbines, and we continue to work with energy industry partners to ensure the country’s green energy needs are met.” 

The Biden administration has <a href="https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-harris-administration-advances-15-onshore-clean-energy-projects-potential-power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">aggressively pushed</a> a “transition” to green energy, including announcing the development of onshore renewable energy projects across the West.
“Investing in clean and reliable renewable energy represents the [Bureau of Land Management&#8217;s] commitment to addressing climate change and supports direction from the President and Congress to permit 25 gigawatts of solar, wind and geothermal production on public lands no later than 2025,” the Bureau of Land Management said on Monday when announcing plans for 15 major projects throughout the West.

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A new report released last week by a leading U.S. consumer protection organization found that the average cost of owning a home has skyrocketed under President Joe Biden.
The Alliance for Consumers highlighted rules and regulations pushed by the Biden administration that have harmed American families as everyday items cost significantly more.
The report comes as the Federal Reserve has significantly raised interest rates in an effort to lower surging inflation numbers during Biden&#8217;s first two years in office. The impact that inflation had on the costs of household items was <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/consumer-group-exposes-costs-biden-admins-war-home-appliances" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not factored</a> into the Alliance for Consumers&#8217; report.
The organization estimated that the total price tag of Biden&#8217;s rules and regulations on American homeowners could be upwards of $9,000.
Alliance for Consumers released a graphic titled “Biden’s Dream House” that broke down all the ways Americans are seeing the cost of home ownership increase during the Biden administration.
Highlights from the report included:
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<li>Gas furnaces: $494 increase &#8211; This figure comes from the Biden administration&#8217;s push for increasing energy efficiency standards for residential gas furnaces.</li>
<li>Light bulbs: $140 increase &#8211; This figure comes from the Biden administration&#8217;s new light bulb standards.</li>
<li>Air conditioning: $1,100 increase &#8211; This figure comes from the Biden administration banning R-22 refrigerants.</li>
<li>Water heaters: $2,800 increase &#8211; This figure comes from the Biden administration&#8217;s push for higher-efficiency water heaters.</li>
<li>Washing machines: $200 increase &#8211; This figure comes from the Biden administration&#8217;s energy efficiency standards, which manufacturers say will increase costs.</li>
<li>Dishwashers: $225 increase &#8211; This figure comes from a Biden administration proposal that would restrict how much water can be used by residential dishwashers, which could lead to damage to the machines and drains.</li>
<li>Cars: $932 increase &#8211; This figure comes from a Biden administration proposed automotive fuel economy regulation that would increase costs on SUVs and trucks.</li>
<li>Ceiling fans: $25 increase &#8211; This figure comes from proposed Biden administration regulations that would increase costs.</li>
<li>Gas stoves: $800-$3,250 increase &#8211; This figure comes from proposals from the Biden administration that could potentially ban the use of gas appliances.</li>
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Welcome to Biden&#39;s Dream House, where the American dream just got significantly more expensive&#8230; 
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President Biden Delivers Remarks On Bidenomics

New Report Outlines The High Costs Biden’s Rules And Regulations Have On U.S. Homeowners

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On Friday, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> announced its latest move to weaken U.S. energy independence as the Department of Interior announced that it will propose a plan that will generate &#8220;the fewest oil and gas lease sales in history&#8221; for offshore drilling over the next five years or so.
Why? Well, to protect us from climate change, the Biden administration claims.
&#8220;The Proposed Final Program includes a maximum of three potential oil and gas lease sales – the fewest oil and gas lease sales in history – in the Gulf of Mexico Program Area scheduled in 2025, 2027, and 2029,&#8221; DOI <a href="https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/reflecting-americas-rapid-and-accelerating-shift-clean-energy-interior-department" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a press release. &#8220;In compliance with the terms of the [Inflation Reduction Act], these three proposed lease sales are the minimum number that will enable the Interior Department to continue to expand its offshore wind leasing program through 2030.&#8221;
According to the DOI, this move is &#8220;reflecting America’s rapid and accelerating shift to clean energy.&#8221; Of course, it&#8217;s not really &#8220;reflecting&#8221; anything. It&#8217;s more evidence that the Biden administration is forcing green energy down the American people&#8217;s throats — no matter what it costs.
In reaction to the news, Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) blasted the president.
Biden &#8220;is caving to radical enviros, helping Russia &amp; Venezuela, &amp; destroying our energy security,&#8221; he posted on X.
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This is the smallest offshore energy program in U.S. history. Only holding 3 lease sales over 5 years in the Gulf of Mexico isn&#39;t even bare minimum effort. <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> is caving to radical enviros, helping Russia &amp; Venezuela, &amp; destroying our energy security. <a href="https://t.co/v9GB6CJVuO">https://t.co/v9GB6CJVuO</a>
&mdash; U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@SenBillCassidy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenBillCassidy/status/1707783298536071172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Indeed, last fall the president relaxed sanctions on Venezuela, allowing Chevron to pump oil in the socialist state. Neither he nor his Climate Czar John Kerry have done anything of substance to stop China&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-devastating-blow-to-john-kerrys-green-energy-utopia-china-to-start-increasing-coal-production?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">carbon emissions output either</a>.
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In other words, over the last year, the Biden administration has contrived ways to shrink America&#8217;s fossil fuel production while allowing America&#8217;s enemies to run hog wild. This is par for the course.
In fact, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm once laughed out loud at the very idea of increasing U.S. gas production to lower costs:
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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm laughs when asked about Biden&#39;s plans to bring gas prices down.
&quot;Ha ha ha. That is hilarious!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/0V0XCsVqDc">pic.twitter.com/0V0XCsVqDc</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1456610771186634757?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/03/07/kamala-harris-pete-buttigieg-slammed-amid-high-gas-prices/">once cheekily remarked</a> that if Americans simply bought an electric vehicle, they would not have to worry about high gas prices — as if working moms and dads have an extra $50,000 lying around to do so.
Ultimately, the Biden administration seeks a green energy utopia that will never come.
They are content with using federal power to squash &#8220;bad&#8221; industries, as they see it, and using taxpayer money to prop up &#8220;good&#8221; industries.
Companies with connections to Biden advisor John Podesta — tasked with allocating billions toward green energy — will benefit greatly. The &#8220;rapid and accelerating shift&#8221; to clean energy will reportedly cost $1 trillion. In turn, the American people will suffer. It&#8217;s all so dirty.
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America Last: Biden Admin Brags About Slowing Down U.S. Oil Production

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday that cars were &#8220;going electric&#8221; whether the people were ready to go along with them or not.
Buttigieg made the comments during a CNN appearance — in response to a question about President Joe Biden&#8217;s visit to speak with striking auto workers on the United Auto Workers (UAW) picket lines in Michigan.
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responds to workers&#39; concerns over Biden&#39;s forced &quot;transition&quot; to electric vehicles:
&quot;These cars are going electric with or without us&quot; <a href="https://t.co/lj2ouOIBNp">pic.twitter.com/lj2ouOIBNp</a>
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The Transportation Secretary referenced Biden&#8217;s appearance in Michigan and the fact that auto workers have voiced concerns about the transition to electric vehicles — and where that could leave their jobs moving forward.
Buttigieg began with a callback to his hometown of South Bend, Indiana, where he name-dropped two local UAW chapters before pivoting to talk about the economy and the transition to electric vehicles.
&#8220;Look, I come from South Bend, Indiana,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s the home of UAW Local 5 and UAW Local 9, I saw how the past generation of union auto jobs helped build the middle class build communities like the one I grew up in.&#8221;
&#8220;I also saw what happened when those factories closed,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;What the UAW is trying to do right now is to make sure that this next chapter of auto industry, which, let&#8217;s be very clear, these cars are going electric with or without us.&#8221;
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While President Biden was on the picket line in Michigan, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) made an appearance at a UAW protest in Wentzville, Missouri — where he took aim at the Biden administration&#8217;s efforts to force the auto industry to go electric &#8220;with or without&#8221; the workers.
&#8220;I&#8217;d call on the Biden Admin right now: Cancel all of your terrible electric mandates that are killing these guys and taking their jobs,&#8221; Hawley said. &#8220;And these companies &#8230; need to invest in America and in American workers.&#8221;
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&quot;I&#39;d call on the Biden Admin right now: Cancel all of your terrible electric mandates that are killing these guys and taking their jobs.
&quot;And these companies [&#8230;] need to invest in America and in American workers.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/fMppoa2261">pic.twitter.com/fMppoa2261</a>
&mdash; Senator Hawley Press Office (@SenHawleyPress) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenHawleyPress/status/1706701723325145193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obamas-car-czar-blasts-biden-for-joining-auto-worker-picket-line">Obama&#8217;s &#8216;Car Czar&#8217; Blasts Biden For Joining Auto Worker Picket Line</a>

Transportation Secretary Buttigieg Testifies In House Oversight Hearing

Pete Buttigieg: ‘Cars Are Going Electric, With Or Without Us’

Pete Buttigieg: 'Cars Are Going Electric, With Or Without Us'

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Members of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a> announced an investigation into Energy Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jennifer-granholm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jennifer Granholm&#8217;s</a> summer road trip through the southeast United States with a fleet of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/electric-cars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">electric vehicles</a>.
The GOP-led <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-schedules-first-biden-impeachment-hearing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Oversight Committee</a> sent a letter to Granholm on Tuesday, requesting documents and communications &#8220;to understand the purposes, costs, and consequences&#8221; of the excursion. They set a deadline of October 10 for the records and asked for a staff-level briefing by October 3.
Oversight Committee Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) and Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-TX) cited reporting that highlighted some <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Letter-to-DOE-re-2023-Summer-EV-Road-Trip.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">controversy</a> during the roadtrip in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia</a>.
“We are alarmed by recent reports of your four-day summer 2023 electric vehicle (EV) road trip apparently intended to showcase the Biden Administration’s progress in achieving a radical green agenda,&#8221; the lawmakers wrote.
&#8220;Using an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle, your Department of Energy (DOE) staff blocked off an EV-only charging station so you could stay on a schedule which was ‘painstakingly mapped out ahead of time’ because of limited, slow, and nonworking EV chargers along your route,&#8221; they added.
&#8220;In ‘sweltering’ Georgia heat, your staff’s actions caused a family with an infant child and low charge on their EV battery to call the police out of urgency while waiting at this charging station,” the lawmakers said.
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/09/10/1187224861/electric-vehicles-evs-cars-chargers-charging-energy-secretary-jennifer-granholm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NPR&#8217;s Camila Domonoske</a>, who joined the caravan for the ride, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/09/10/1187224861/electric-vehicles-evs-cars-chargers-charging-energy-secretary-jennifer-granholm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared details</a> on what transpired after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/listen-911-call-over-bidens-energy-secretarys-comedy-of-errors-tour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">call to police</a> — which was later published by The Washington Free Beacon.
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An electric vehicle driver in Georgia admonished Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm&#39;s staff for using &quot;literally a non-electric car&quot; to hoard a space for Granholm at a busy public charging station, according to a 911 call. <a href="https://t.co/E2iVvZocZ7">https://t.co/E2iVvZocZ7</a> <a href="https://t.co/TfU6O64sqC">pic.twitter.com/TfU6O64sqC</a>
&mdash; Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) <a href="https://twitter.com/FreeBeacon/status/1701661371371298883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The sheriff&#8217;s office couldn&#8217;t do anything,&#8221; Domonoske reported. &#8220;It&#8217;s not illegal for a non-EV to claim a charging spot in Georgia. Energy Department staff scrambled to smooth over the situation, including sending other vehicles to slower chargers, until both the frustrated family and the secretary had room to charge.&#8221;
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Granholm, a former governor of Michigan, acknowledged <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jennifer-granholm-blames-staffs-poor-judgment-for-ev-charger-debacle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">she had seen the bad press about the debacle</a> while testifying before the House Science and Technology Committee hearing earlier this month.
&#8220;Well, I wasn’t saving a spot, but I’ll just say I have a fantastic young staff. … It was poor judgment on the part of the team,” Granholm said, adding, &#8220;I can only imagine that they wanted to continue moving, but the bottom line is that it’s not going to happen again.&#8221;
Comer and Fallon also raised other issues in their letter, including the Department of Energy&#8217;s apparent decision to exclude <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tesla" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tesla</a> and its technology from its roadtrip — which they said prompted questions about &#8220;whether the decision was politically motivated.&#8221;
The Daily Wire reached out to the Energy Department seeking comment.

Energy Secretary Granholm Raises Pride Flag At Department Headquarters

Lawmakers Investigate Biden Energy Secretary’s Electric Vehicle Road Trip

Lawmakers Investigate Biden Energy Secretary's Electric Vehicle Roadtrip

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James Comer

Jennifer Granholm

Transportation

Republican presidential candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> unveiled his energy agenda during an event in Midland, Texas, on Wednesday, promising that his policies will bring back $2 gas and turn the United States into the world&#8217;s leading energy producer.
DeSantis made the announcement after previously rolling out his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-excuses-desantis-rolls-out-plan-to-shut-down-illegal-immigration-during-border-visit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan</a> to deal with the border crisis in June, his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-unveils-plan-to-start-ripping-all-the-woke-out-of-the-military" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan</a> to fix the U.S. military in July, and his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-releases-his-10-point-declaration-of-economic-independence-policy-platform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan</a> to make America economically independent in August.
DeSantis&#8217; energy plan — dubbed &#8220;Freedom to Fuel&#8221; — includes six core components, including: Restore American Energy Dominance, Save the American Automobile, Elevate Evidence Over Ideology, Reform Environmental Permitting and End Green Lawfare, Jump-Start Critical Mineral and Federal Land Development and Build the Most Efficient, Affordable, and Reliable Energy Grid in the World.
&#8220;We have it in our power to reverse the country&#8217;s decline and engineer an incredible comeback for the American people,&#8221; DeSantis said at a Permian Deep Rock Oil Company drilling site. &#8220;And one of the ways we need to do that is by achieving American energy dominance.&#8221;
DeSantis&#8217; plan calls for cutting Biden-era regulations that are holding back oil and gas production, scrapping global climate agendas, allowing the U.S. to export energy as a way of creating global stability, pursuing nuclear energy, reversing electric vehicle mandates, eliminating subsidies for electric vehicles, stopping California from setting national standards, eliminating ESG regulations, greenlighting mining for rare earth elements on federal land, oppose all policies that increase reliance on China, strengthen the national grid, and <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamDeSantis/status/1704511348279792074">more</a>.
DeSantis said that Biden&#8217;s policies have &#8220;exacerbated the inflation that so many families have been laboring under for these last few years&#8221; and destroyed billions of dollars of economic benefits for Americans.
&#8220;So here&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening. On January 20th, 2025, there&#8217;s going to be a new sheriff in town,&#8221; he said in his nearly 40-minute speech. &#8220;As your president, I will restore our freedom to fuel. I will ensure that the United States of America is the dominant energy producer in the entire world. I will ensure that this country does not have to rely on hostile nations for its energy needs ever again.&#8221;
He also stressed the importance of letting Americans choose the type of automobile that they want to drive and &#8220;saving the traditional American automobile.&#8221;
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&#8220;Our self-imposed handcuffs on oil, gas, and critical mineral extraction will be removed,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The days of rolling blackouts and unreliable grids will be finished. To every American outraged by rising gas prices under Biden, and they are rising, and I think nationally, it is coming close to $4 a gallon. Our target goal in 2025, we want that gas at $2 a gallon, we certainly will move in that direction if we implement all these policies.&#8221;
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Republican Presidential Candidate Ron DeSantis Campaigns In Texas

DeSantis Proposes Plan He Says Will Achieve $2 Gas, Turn U.S. Into World’s Top Energy Producer

DeSantis Proposes Plan He Says Will Achieve $2 Gas, Turn U.S. Into World's Top Energy Producer

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Ron DeSantis

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Energy</a> wanted to showcase the benefits of electric vehicles with a little road trip recently, and as reported, it didn&#8217;t go so well. In fact, it turned into a comedy of errors that resulted in the police being called on Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm&#8217;s posse.
We now have that call.
As The Daily Wire&#8217;s Daniel Chaitin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/energy-secretarys-electric-vehicle-roadtrip-devolves-into-scene-out-of-veep" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, Granholm and her entourage used a fleet of electric vehicles to journey from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Memphis, Tennessee, with town hall events along the way. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/09/10/1187224861/electric-vehicles-evs-cars-chargers-charging-energy-secretary-jennifer-granholm">NPR’s Camila Domonoske</a> joined the crew and released her report about the experience on Sunday.
The purpose of the trip was to “draw attention to the billions of dollars the White House is pouring into green energy and clean cars,” but Domonoske, who joined the caravan for the ride, shared how the four-day venture was not a smooth ride all the way through, Chaitin added.
During the trip, the Energy Department staff had planned to quickly charge in their &#8220;caravan of EVs — including a luxury Cadillac Lyriq, a hefty Ford F-150, and an affordable Bolt electric utility vehicle&#8221; in Grovetown, Georgia. Yet, when they got there in advance of Granholm, they realized that there weren&#8217;t enough spots to go around.
So, they used a gas-powered vehicle to hog a space. One driver who was waiting to charge her EV was so annoyed by the move, that she called the cops.
&#8220;Hi, I&#8217;m calling because I&#8217;m in the Grovetown Walmart at the charging station, and there&#8217;s literally a non-electric car that is taking up the space, they said they&#8217;re holding the space for somebody else, and it&#8217;s holding up a whole bunch of people who need to charge their cars,&#8221; the caller said, according to a 911 tape obtained by The Washington Free Beacon.
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Listeners can hear the annoyance in her voice.
&#8220;There&#8217;s other people who are waiting to charge, and they&#8217;re still here, and they&#8217;re not an electric car, and the sign says you can&#8217;t park here unless you&#8217;re charging,&#8221; she added. &#8220;They said that their person is going to be here in two minutes that they&#8217;re holding the spot for.&#8221;
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An electric vehicle driver in Georgia admonished Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm&#39;s staff for using &quot;literally a non-electric car&quot; to hoard a space for Granholm at a busy public charging station, according to a 911 call. <a href="https://t.co/E2iVvZocZ7">https://t.co/E2iVvZocZ7</a> <a href="https://t.co/TfU6O64sqC">pic.twitter.com/TfU6O64sqC</a>
&mdash; Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) <a href="https://twitter.com/FreeBeacon/status/1701661371371298883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The purpose of this trip was effectively a photo-op to sell the benefits of electric vehicles.
It wound up exposing that the cars are a real pain in the keister — as are the &#8220;public servants&#8221; working in the Biden administration.
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Jennifer Granholm, US secretary of energy, during the EEI 2023 event in Austin, Texas, US, on Monday, June 12, 2023. The event aims to address the major challenges and opportunities facing electric companies today.

LISTEN: 911 Call Over Biden’s Energy Secretary’s Comedy Of Errors Tour

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