Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-manchin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Manchin</a> (D-WV) is poised to score a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oil-and-gas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">natural gas</a> pipeline victory with the bipartisan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/debt-ceiling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill to raise the debt ceiling</a>.
A provision in the <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20230529/BILLS-118hrPIH-fiscalresponsibility.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023</a>, which arose out of negotiations between the White House and Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA), aims to expedite the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), which stretches over 300 miles from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/west-virginia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">West Virginia</a> to southern Virginia.
&#8220;Last summer, I introduced legislation to complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline. I am pleased Speaker McCarthy and his leadership team see the tremendous value in completing the MVP to increase domestic energy production and drive down costs across America and especially in West Virginia,&#8221; <a href="https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-manchin-secures-mvp-in-debt-ceiling-agreement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manchin said</a> in a statement.
&#8220;I am proud to have fought for this critical project and to have secured the bipartisan support necessary to get it across the finish line,&#8221; he added.
Under the debt ceiling legislation, federal agencies are directed to authorize outstanding permits for the pipeline. The bill also dictates that no court shall have jurisdiction to review their actions. Any challenges to this provision would be decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a shift away from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit that has issued a ruling <a href="https://www.wboy.com/news/west-virginia/mountain-valley-pipelines-water-permit-blocked-by-federal-court/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">holding up constriction</a> of the pipeline.
The MVP website says total project work for the pipeline was <a href="https://www.mountainvalleypipeline.info/overview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">about 94% complete</a> as of spring 2023.
The White House agreed to include the pipeline language in the bill to make good on a commitment to accelerate energy infrastructure permitting as part of an arrangement with Manchin to secure his support for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-signs-740-billion-inflation-reduction-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">last year&#8217;s Inflation Reduction Act</a>, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/05/31/debt-deal-mountain-valley-pipeline/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Washington Post</a>. &#8220;It was going to move forward with or without this bill,&#8221; White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday.
Environmental groups are unhappy with the MVP provision being tucked into the debt ceiling bill.
“The Sierra Club calls on Congress to reject this deal and swiftly pass a clean bill,&#8221; Sierra Club executive director Ben Jealous <a href="https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2023/05/sierra-club-calls-congress-reject-bad-debt-limit-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a statement</a>. &#8220;Any deal that attempts to expedite the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline, that rolls back bedrock environmental protections, and makes life harder for workers and families already struggling is a bad deal for the country.&#8221;
The bill is expected to get a full House vote Wednesday evening, and if it passes, the legislation will head to the Senate for approval. But there is some opposition to the MVP provision among lawmakers, including Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), who plans to offer an amendment to remove it, according to his office.
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“Senator Kaine is extremely disappointed by the provision of the bill to greenlight the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline in Virginia, bypassing the normal judicial and administrative review process every other energy project has to go through,” a Kaine spokesperson <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4026806-manchin-pipeline-in-debt-ceiling-deal-prompts-democratic-pushback/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told The Hill</a>.
&#8220;This provision is completely unrelated to the debt ceiling matter,&#8221; the spokesperson added. &#8220;He plans to file an amendment to remove this harmful Mountain Valley Pipeline provision.&#8221;

Sen. Joe Manchin

Debt Ceiling Bill Would Give Manchin A Gas Pipeline Win

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Energy

Joe Manchin

Natural gas

Oil and Gas

Politics

West Virginia

<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Electricity</a> prices in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/finland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Finland</a> plummeted into negative territory this week after the launch of a new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nuclear-power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nuclear</a> power plant last month.
The development comes months after officials in the Nordic nation were raising the alarm over widespread energy shortages, a reality induced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Energy producers are now discussing mechanisms to reduce production as power becomes so abundant that prices venture into negative territory.
&#8220;Production is high, consumption is low, and now we are in a situation where it is not easy to adjust production,&#8221; Fingrid CEO Jukka Ruusunen said in an <a href="https://yle.fi/a/74-20033326" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with Yle News. “Last winter, the only thing people could talk about was where to get more electricity. Now we are thinking hard about how to limit production. We have gone from one extreme to another.”
Power company TVO launched a new <a href="https://www.tvo.fi/en/index/production/plantunits/ol3.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reactor</a> at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant last month; nearly one-third of the nation’s power now comes from the facility. The electricity from the plant is sufficient to power 5.2 million apartments or charge 3.6 million electric cars, marking a significant amount of power production for Finland, which has 5.5 million residents.
Average spot electricity prices in Finland declined from $264 in December to $65 in April, according to a <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/energy/2023/05/14/nuclear-power-helps-bring-down-electricity-prices-by-75-in-finland/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the National News. Utility companies are unable to decrease energy output through hydropower, the typical domain in which electricity production can be reduced, because of excess snowmelts.
“Operators in Finland and the surrounding areas are now monitoring the situation. If hydropower can&#8217;t be regulated, then it will probably be nuclear power next. Production that is not profitable at these prices is usually removed from the market,&#8221; Ruusunen continued. &#8220;Now there is enough electricity, and it is almost emission-free. So you can feel good about using electricity.”
Finland and other nations in the European Union abide by the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/clima/eu-action/climate-strategies-targets/2050-long-term-strategy_en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">goal</a> of becoming “a climate-neutral society” by 2050 in accordance with the European Green Deal and the Paris Climate Agreement. Despite the success of nuclear power in promoting emission-free electricity, many countries are shuttering the facilities over safety concerns: Germany closed the nation’s three remaining nuclear energy plants last month, marking an end to the economic bellwether’s use of the power source even as authorities <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/germany-reverts-to-burning-coal-will-keep-two-nuclear-plants-open-ahead-of-winter-months" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resumed</a> coal production due to energy shortages.
“The risks of nuclear power are ultimately uncontrollable; that’s why the nuclear phaseout makes our country safer, and avoids more nuclear waste,” German Environment Minister Steffi Lemke, a member of the Green Party, said earlier this year, according to a <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/germany-shuts-down-its-last-nuclear-power-stations/a-65249019" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from German state-funded media outlet Deutsche Welle.
Other nations, such as the Netherlands and Poland, are slated to expand their nuclear systems, while Belgium is delaying a previously enacted phaseout. Some countries, on the other hand, proceeded with shutdowns of nuclear facilities despite catastrophic increases in energy prices last year: Switzerland <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/swiss-nuclear-power-plant-cuts-production-in-middle-of-energy-crisis-to-protect-local-fish" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slowed</a> production at one nuclear power plant to avoid raising nearby river temperatures and thereby protect local fish populations.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has meanwhile <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/european-union-social-market-economy-might-redistribute-fossil-fuel-profits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed</a> mechanisms to reduce “overall electricity consumption,” an initiative funded by the redistribution of profits from oil and natural gas companies.

Finland Nuclear Reactor

Finland Went From Energy Shortage To Negative Power Prices. Here’s How They Did It. 

Finland Went From Energy Shortage To Negative Power Prices Thanks To Nuclear Power

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Nuclear Power

World

Anyone familiar with domestic energy policy knows the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is critical to our nation. But it seems Joe Biden saw the acronym S-P-R and thought, “Strategic Political Reserve.”
The Louisiana- and Texas-based series of subterranean, artificial caverns were created by Congress in 1975 as a response to OPEC’s oil embargoes in 1973-74. The caverns have a capacity for up to 714 million barrels of oil, equivalent to just over a month’s worth of daily U.S. imports. Think of it as a “break glass only in emergency” option, except with oil.
As of this month, however, the SPR held only 362 million barrels, a decrease of an incredible 34% of the reserve’s totals from just a year ago. That’s 550 million fewer barrels for those keeping track. Why the precipitous drop? Politics.
To offset the disgust from the American public over record-high gas prices that threatened household budgets for travel, food, transportation, and leisure from the end of 2021 and through last summer, President Biden directed sales of 260 million barrels from the SPR. These draw-downs – designed to increase supply and lower prices – were hailed as sound economic policy by those on the Left, and a threat to national energy security by Biden’s critics.
On second thought, with his approval at a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-BIDEN/POLL/nmopagnqapa/">dismal 38% last summer</a>, perhaps Biden thought SPR stands for “Sneaky Poll Rescue?”
Much like the administration&#8217;s outright disasters at the southern border, in Afghanistan, or the decimation of domestic energy independence, the draw-down plan was anything but successful. Sure, gas prices dropped, but so did consumer confidence in the administration, especially after it was revealed that one million barrels of SPR were sold to China. With the U.S. heavily dependent on Chinese-dominated supply chains for everything from pharmaceuticals to defense technologies, it made little sense to rational Americans to weaken our oil reserves while meeting Communist China&#8217;s energy needs.
Facing intense scrutiny, the Energy Department then announced that it would begin refilling the SPR once prices stabilized in the $65-72 per barrel range. It’s worth noting that president Trump proposed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-could-refill-strategic-oil-reserve-at-80-per-barrel-democrats-blocked-trump-when-oil-was-24">refilling the SPR</a> back when oil was $24 per barrel, but the Democrats blocked it.
To date, none of the promised repurchases have taken place, thanks to the continued bungling of the administration. This week, however, Biden’s Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm <a href="https://www.energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-announces-purchases-strategic-petroleum-reserve#:~:text=%E2%80%94%20The%20Department%20of%20Energy%20(DOE,the%20Big%20Hill%20SPR%20site.">announced the department</a> would try again. In a statement they said they plan to “repurchase up to three million barrels of crude at a lower price than the over $94 per barrel price it was sold for in 2022, while strengthening energy security by providing certainty to the industry in a way that helps encourage near-term supply.”
Only a Biden apologist would find their stance truthful or convincing. Record-high prices brought about by Biden’s eco-driven energy policies now bring a higher cost to the U.S. as it seeks to refill the Reserve. The refill cost in 2023 will be nearly triple that of the historical average cost to fill the SPR and over two times higher than the <a href="https://www.energy.gov/ceser/spr-quick-facts">average price per barrel</a> ($29.70).
Assuming the administration can find sellers willing to sell oil, and the repurchasing process goes smoothly, it will still only replenish less than 2% of what it drew down. At this rate, we may have to wait for the inauguration of the 58th President before we finish the job Joe Biden started.
It is another perfect example of the long-term damage Team Biden has inflicted on America. He was only supposed to break the glass in case of emergency, but instead Joe Biden has broken so much more.
Rick Whitbeck is the Alaska State Director for Power The Future, a national nonprofit organization that advocates for American energy jobs and opportunities. Contact him at Rick@PowerTheFuture.com and follow him on Twitter @PTFAlaska.
The views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Isn’t Joe Biden’s Political Reservoir

The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Isn’t Joe Biden's Political Reservoir

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Communist China

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> issued a rare veto on Tuesday against a bipartisan measure that aims to reinstate tariffs on solar products from Southeast Asian countries after U.S. officials found China companies <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/02/politics/china-solar-tariff-investigation-climate/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">using these nations</a> to get around trade rules.
The measure passed by the GOP-led House and Democrat-controlled Senate &#8220;bets against American innovation,&#8221; Biden said in a message from the White House announcing the third veto of his presidency. Biden also said it causes uncertainty for the U.S. solar industry, which is central to the president&#8217;s goal of reaching a &#8220;carbon-free electricity sector&#8221; by 2035.
At issue is a Commerce Department rule that instituted a two-year moratorium on penalties against solar cells and modules exported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. As explained in the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/01/2022-14241/procedures-covering-suspension-of-liquidation-duties-and-estimated-duties-in-accord-with#:~:text=Presidential%20Proclamation%2010414,-On%20June%206&amp;text=Biden%20signed%20Proclamation%2010414%2C%20%E2%80%9CDeclaration,35067)%20(the%20Proclamation)." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federal Register</a>, Biden authorized the move with a proclamation in June 2022 to &#8220;ensure access to a sufficient supply of solar cells and modules to assist in meeting the United States&#8217; electricity generation needs&#8221; while the Commerce Department conducts inquiries into ways in which China is able to circumvent U.S. tariffs through its neighbors.
After preliminary findings <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/02/politics/china-solar-tariff-investigation-climate/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported in December</a> showed at least four Chinese companies evading U.S. tariffs through Southeast Asian countries, Republicans in the House and Senate led the charge against the rule, arguing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) needed to be held accountable for breaking U.S. trade laws as well as for human rights abuses.
&#8220;Every day that this rule is in effect the CCP gets closer to dominating the solar market, making it harder for Americans to compete,&#8221; said Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL), who introduced the resolution in the House.
Some Democrats joined the effort, including Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who co-sponsored the Senate version. The United States &#8220;cannot continue to let China get away with laundering solar energy components through other nations with absolutely no consequences,&#8221; Manchin <a href="https://www.energy.senate.gov/2023/5/manchin-to-vote-to-approve-solar-tariff-resolution-to-decrease-reliance-on-foreign-nations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
A group of Democrats in the Senate who <a href="https://www.seia.org/news/president-biden-protects-americas-clean-energy-economy-solar-tariff-veto" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sided with members</a> of the solar industry in voicing support for Biden&#8217;s veto <a href="https://medium.com/@SenatorJackyRosen/americas-solar-jobs-depend-on-a-single-vote-in-the-senate-bc0379d14f6a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the bipartisan measure threatens &#8220;to derail much of the progress we’ve made and kill good-paying American jobs, while threatening our clean energy future.&#8221;
Biden said on Tuesday that he does not intend to extend the tariff suspension at the conclusion of the two-year period in June 2024, citing &#8220;progress&#8221; made in the U.S. solar sector.
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Biden issued his first veto in March to block a measure that sought to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-uses-first-veto-of-his-presidency-to-kill-rebuke-of-federal-esg-push" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overturn a rule</a> allowing retirement fiduciaries to invest in accordance with the environmental, social, and corporate governance movement, also known as ESG. Biden&#8217;s second veto, in April, struck down an effort to roll back a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/04/06/message-to-the-house-of-representatives-presidents-veto-of-h-j-res-27/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">waterways rule</a>. <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/vetoes/vetoCounts.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Neither one</a> has been overridden.

Joe Biden

Biden Issues Rare Veto, Third Of His Presidency

Biden Issues Rare, Third Veto Against Solar Panels Measure

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Solar Power

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/climate-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carbon</a> dioxide emissions in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a> soared to a record high in the first quarter of this year even as the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> moves to crack down on emissions at American <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">power</a> plants.
China witnessed a 4.0% year-over-year increase in carbon dioxide emissions in the first three months of 2023 relative to the same period in 2022, exceeding the previous peak in the first three months of 2021, according to a Friday <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-hit-q1-record-high-after-4-rise-in-early-2023/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> from Carbon Brief. The phenomenon was driven by the continued rollback of lockdowns in China and a concurrent economic rebound.
New emissions occurred as a result of a 5.5% increase in oil consumption, a 3.6% increase in coal consumption, and a 1.4% increase in natural gas consumption. The largest factor behind the increased fuel use was the power sector, especially as a result of higher reliance on coal.
Officials in China indeed approved the equivalent of two new large coal plants every week last year, according to an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/china-is-full-steam-ahead-with-new-coal-plants-as-the-west-goes-green" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. Elevated worldwide energy prices, which stem from persistent supply chain bottlenecks and disruptions from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/germany-reverts-to-burning-coal-will-keep-two-nuclear-plants-open-ahead-of-winter-months" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressed</a> a number of countries toward burning additional coal, which is dirtier but also less expensive in comparison to other energy sources.
China was responsible for 26.1% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions as of 2018, according to <a href="https://www.c2es.org/content/international-emissions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the International Energy Agency, surpassing the 13.4% of worldwide emissions produced by the United States and the 7.6% of worldwide emissions produced by members of the European Union. Critics of governments which encourage a transition toward renewable energy have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wall-street-journal-blasts-joe-biden-john-kerry-for-pushing-self-destructive-green-energy-policies-while-china-burns-more-coal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">observed</a> that increased carbon emissions from China, as well as India and developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, are outpacing emissions declines in the West.
News of the increased emissions in China comes shortly after the Environmental Protection Agency <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-epa-unveils-new-crackdown-on-power-plants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a> new rules that will force coal and natural gas power plants in the United States to decrease their emissions, a move which the agency said would “require ambitious reductions in carbon pollution based on proven and cost-effective control technologies.”
Coal and natural gas plants account for 60% of power generation in the United States, according to <a href="https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&amp;t=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Energy Information Administration. Higher consumption of natural gas, which burns cleaner than coal, has enabled the nation to decrease emissions in recent years.
Officials at the EPA claimed that the regulations would produce “climate and public health benefits” worth $85 billion over the next two decades, as well as prevent premature deaths and hospital visits as a result of decreased particulate matter emissions. The new standards, which had been widely expected for weeks before their public release on Thursday, prompted West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin to announce that he would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/manchin-shreds-biden-over-expected-crackdown-on-power-plants-reveals-how-he-will-respond" target="_blank" rel="noopener">oppose</a> every EPA nominee from the White House until the rules are reversed.
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“This administration is determined to advance its radical climate agenda and has made it clear they are hellbent on doing everything in their power to regulate coal and gas-fueled power plants out of existence, no matter the cost to energy security and reliability,” the centrist lawmaker remarked in a statement. “This piles on top of a broader regulatory agenda being rolled out designed to kill the fossil industry by a thousand cuts.”

Biden And Xi

China’s Carbon Emissions Soar As Biden Unveils Crackdown On American Power Plants

Chinese Emissions Soar As Biden Releases New Crackdown On Power Plants

China

Climate Change

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Democratic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">District of Columbia</a> Attorney General Brian Schwalb revealed on Thursday that he has a gas stove in his home as the official defended his comments to the Consumer Product Safety Commission endorsing the agency’s efforts to <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/climate-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">regulate</a> the appliances.
<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> officials induced backlash earlier this year when they floated new emissions rules for gas stoves, even as increased adoption of natural gas serves as a significant driver of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wall-street-journal-blasts-joe-biden-john-kerry-for-pushing-self-destructive-green-energy-policies-while-china-burns-more-coal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lower</a> emissions in the United States. Criticism over the move occurred when CPSC Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. said in an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/transparently-political-biden-administration-considering-ban-on-gas-stoves" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> that “any option is on the table” for a prohibition of the appliances, after which CPSC Chairman Alex Hoehn-Saric posted a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/regulatory-agency-backs-down-says-there-are-no-plans-to-ban-gas-stoves" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> asserting that the agency did not intend to outlaw gas stoves.
Schwalb and nearly one dozen other Democratic attorneys general submitted <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-attorneys-general-support-nationwide-gas-stove-crackdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comments</a> on forthcoming CPSC regulations supporting the creation of “voluntary standards or mandatory regulations that will reduce the emissions of harmful pollutants from gas stoves.” He asserted in an <a href="https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1656629599772524547" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with CNBC that consumers should be informed about the risks from the appliances.
“The data and science tells us that gas stoves do in fact emit pollutants, creating indoor air pollution that can make people sick,” he told CNBC anchors Joe Kernen and Becky Quick. “This is an important issue of public safety and making sure consumers have clear information so they can make informed decisions about the appliances in their home.”
Kernen, who <a href="https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1656629416338903041" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressed</a> the official on whether the primary intent of the CPSC rules was to eliminate harmful indoor air pollutants or to battle climate change by decreasing carbon dioxide emissions, asked Schwalb whether he has a gas stove in his own home. “I do have a gas stove in my house and I enjoy having a gas stove,” he responded. “I appreciate being able to be aware that there are risks associated with it so that I can protect my family.”
Some 38% of households nationwide currently use gas stoves, a figure which approaches 70% for states such as California and New Jersey, according to <a href="https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=53439" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Energy Information Administration. Families with a gas stove use the appliance an average of eight times per week.
Many of the attorneys general who endorsed the comments to the CPSC hail from states which recently initiated crackdowns on gas stoves. New York, for instance, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-ban-gas-stoves-new-residential-construction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prohibited</a> the installation of gas stoves in new homes and buildings.
The admission from Schwalb about his own use of a gas stove came weeks after Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, who has overseen the proposal of more <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-energy-department-starts-crackdown-on-dishwashers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">restrictive</a> efficiency standards for several other consumer appliances, likewise <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/energy-secretary-granholm-admits-she-has-a-gas-stove-while-justifying-push-to-regulate-appliances" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> that she has a gas stove when pressed by members of the House Appropriations Committee.
“This does not impact the majority, and it certainly does not say that anybody who has a gas stove would have their gas stove taken away,” she remarked. “There’s no ban on gas stoves. I have a gas stove. It is just about making the existing electric and gas stoves, and all the other appliances, more efficient.”
Energy Department officials contend that they are “preserving reliability and performance across household appliances and commercial and industrial equipment” while implementing the new regulations, which also apply to products such as dishwashers, vending machines, and electric motors. The Biden administration, which has <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/climate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">established</a> a “whole-of-government effort” to reduce carbon emissions, has drafted several similar crackdowns over the past two years.

Gas Stove

Democrat Official Who Supports Gas Stove Crackdown Has A Gas Stove In His Own Home

Democrat Official Who Supports Gas Stove Crackdown Has A Gas Stove At His Home

Washington D.C.

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/environmental-protection-agency-epa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Environmental Protection Agency</a> released new <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/climate-change?_gl=1*tkyqef*_ga*NzUzNDA5ODIxLjE2NzkzMjkzNzM.*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY4MzgxMTg1OC4yMDcuMS4xNjgzODEzMDgzLjU5LjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener">carbon</a> emissions standards for power plants that burn coal and natural <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/oil-and-gas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gas</a>, a move which some <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">energy</a> experts and lawmakers caution will decrease power reliability and artificially increase electricity <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/inflation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">costs</a> for households.
The new <a href="https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-05/FRL-8536-02-OAR%20111EGU%20NPRM%2020230504_Admin.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">regulations</a> unveiled on Thursday morning would seek to avoid 617 million metric tons of total carbon dioxide emissions through 2042, equal to the emissions produced by half of the nation’s cars, as well as reduce the amount of particulate matter released into the atmosphere. The proposed limits would “require ambitious reductions in carbon pollution based on proven and cost-effective control technologies” at coal and natural gas plants, which account for 60% of power generation in the nation, according to <a href="https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&amp;t=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Energy Information Administration.
“By proposing new standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants, EPA is delivering on its mission to reduce harmful pollution that threatens people’s health and wellbeing,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan said in a <a href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-proposes-new-carbon-pollution-standards-fossil-fuel-fired-power-plants-tackle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. “EPA’s proposal relies on proven, readily available technologies to limit carbon pollution and seizes the momentum already underway in the power sector to move toward a cleaner future. Alongside historic investment taking place across America in clean energy manufacturing and deployment, these proposals will help deliver tremendous benefits to the American people, cutting climate pollution and other harmful pollutants, protecting people’s health, and driving American innovation.”
The release claimed that the new regulations would produce “climate and public health benefits” worth $85 billion over the next two decades, as well as prevent premature deaths and hospital visits as a result of decreased particulate matter emissions. The new rules had been widely expected for weeks before their public release.
Jason Isaac, a director at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, told The Daily Wire that the new regulations are “far-reaching” and will inevitably raise power costs for households.
“Carbon capture technologies are so expensive that the result will be the sudden retirement of reliable generation, and there will be nothing to replace it,” Isaac said. “This is a prime example of an unelected executive agency run amok, with a single-minded agenda of eliminating fossil fuels and controlling how we produce and consume energy regardless of the costs or consequences, all while doing nothing to mitigate a changing climate.”
The new emissions standards come months after the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-rules-against-bidens-epa-says-agency-does-not-have-authority-to-regulate-carbon-dioxide-emissions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> in West Virginia v. EPA that federal agencies cannot assert “highly consequential power beyond what Congress could reasonably be understood to have granted.” Steve Milloy, a senior legal fellow at the Energy and Environmental Legal Institute, told The Daily Wire that the regulations have “no chance of withstanding” scrutiny from the Supreme Court but noted that a ruling might not come for many years, thereby allowing “much damage” to the power grid.
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The Biden administration has <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/climate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">established</a> a “whole-of-government effort” to reduce carbon emissions in the public and private sectors. Beyond the introduction of additional EPA rules that would aim to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-unveils-proposal-for-landmark-nationwide-crackdown-on-gas-cars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increase</a> nationwide adoption of electric cars, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/energy-secretary-granholm-supports-making-the-military-all-electric-by-2030" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voiced</a> support for a policy that would transition the military to rely exclusively upon electric vehicles by 2030.
West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, a frequent skeptic of Biden administration energy policies, announced on Wednesday that he would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/manchin-shreds-biden-over-expected-crackdown-on-power-plants-reveals-how-he-will-respond" target="_blank" rel="noopener">oppose</a> every EPA nominee from the White House until the power plant rules are reversed.
“This administration is determined to advance its radical climate agenda and has made it clear they are hellbent on doing everything in their power to regulate coal and gas-fueled power plants out of existence, no matter the cost to energy security and reliability,” the lawmaker said.

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Biden EPA Unveils New Crackdown On Power Plants

Biden EPA Unveils New Crackdown On Coal And Natural Gas Power Plants

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/west-virginia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">West Virginia</a> Democratic Senator <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/joe-manchin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Manchin</a> announced on Wednesday that he would oppose every <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> nominee for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/environmental-protection-agency-epa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EPA</a> due to the environmental agency’s expected <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/climate-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crackdown</a> on emissions at <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">power</a> plants.
The forthcoming regulations, which are widely reported to be scheduled for publication on Thursday, would demand that power plants considerably reduce their carbon emissions by 2040, a rule that would force plants to use expensive carbon capture technology or switch to alternative fuel sources. Skeptics of the move are concerned that the policy would decrease energy reliability and artificially increase electricity costs for households.
Manchin, who is widely considered a centrist in the narrowly Democratic Senate and has frequently criticized Biden administration environmental policies, said in a <a href="https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-to-oppose-every-epa-nominee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> that he would refuse to vote for any future EPA nominees until the expected regulations are nixed.
“This administration is determined to advance its radical climate agenda and has made it clear they are hellbent on doing everything in their power to regulate coal and gas-fueled power plants out of existence, no matter the cost to energy security and reliability,” the lawmaker said. “This piles on top of a broader regulatory agenda being rolled out designed to kill the fossil industry by a thousand cuts.”
Manchin contended that the forthcoming crackdown would “impact nearly all fossil-fueled power plants” in the United States “without an adequate plan to replace the lost baseload generation.” Natural gas and coal are respectively responsible for generating 40% and 20% of electricity in the country, according to <a href="https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&amp;t=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Energy Information Administration. The state of West Virginia, where Manchin is expected to compete for a third full term in the Senate, is meanwhile the fourth largest energy producer in the nation, according to more <a href="https://www.eia.gov/state/index.php?sid=WV" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the agency.
“I fear that this administration’s commitment to their extreme ideology overshadows their responsibility to ensure long-lasting energy and economic security,” Manchin added.
The Biden administration has indeed <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/climate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">established</a> a “whole-of-government effort” to reduce carbon emissions in the public and private sectors. Beyond the introduction of additional EPA rules that would aim to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-unveils-proposal-for-landmark-nationwide-crackdown-on-gas-cars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increase</a> nationwide adoption of electric cars, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm voiced support for a policy which would transition the military to exclusively rely upon electric vehicles by the year 2030. The vehicles nevertheless require charging infrastructure and are currently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/only-20-of-americans-very-likely-to-buy-electric-for-their-next-car-even-as-some-states-want-100-adoption" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seen</a> by some as less reliable than those with internal combustion engines.
Manchin has also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/manchin-calls-epas-push-for-electric-cars-a-trojan-horse-to-increase-dependence-on-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the moves to increase electric vehicle reliance a “Trojan horse” that would increase American reliance on minerals <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/african-alliance-while-biden-pushes-electric-vehicles-china-leads-the-race-for-rare-earth-metals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dominated</a> by China, such as the lithium and cobalt necessary to manufacture electric car batteries. “I don&#8217;t believe that making progress on climate change should come at the expense of our national and energy security,” Manchin said in another statement. “I fully support Congress overturning these dangerous EPA regulations.&#8221;
Granholm has also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-energy-department-starts-crackdown-on-dishwashers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> new efficiency standards for gas stoves, dishwashers, beverage vending machines, electric motors, and several other product categories, claiming that the administration is “using all of the tools at our disposal to save Americans money while promoting innovations that will reduce carbon pollution and combat the climate crisis.”

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Seventeen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican</a> attorneys general contended that <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/blackrock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BlackRock</a> should be barred from investing in public <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">utilities</a> because of the asset management company’s support of the environmental, social, and corporate governance movement, also known as <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/esg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESG</a>.
The complaint filed with the Federal Energy Regulation Commission and shared with The Daily Wire on Wednesday seeks to remove the firm’s blanket authorization to purchase large shares in utility companies. BlackRock has stated that the firm acts as a “passive” and “non-controlling investor” despite efforts to emphasize renewable power objectives among portfolio companies.
“Maybe BlackRock was a passive investor ten years ago, but today it’s an environmental activist,” the complaint said, referencing the firm’s membership in the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative and other moves to prompt portfolio companies toward eliminating carbon emissions. “Pursuant to its membership in several horizontal associations, BlackRock aims to pressure or force utility companies to phase out traditional energy investment.”
The move from the state attorneys general is among several from Republican officials concerned with the ESG movement, a philosophy that skeptics say mingles political causes with core business objectives in a manner that compromises or distracts from profitability. With respect to public utilities such as electricity, critics of the ESG movement assert that climate objectives artificially increase prices as firms distance themselves from fossil fuels.
“This is yet another example of radical leftists trying to circumvent the will of the American people in order to implement their draconian mandates,” Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, who initiated the complaint, said in a statement provided to The Daily Wire. “The restrictions these elitists are trying to impose on energy companies and utilities would never win approval at the ballot box. The public interest is served when investment companies build their business models on maximizing financial returns for clients. Conversely, the public interest is hijacked when these companies subjugate clients’ financial interests to leftist fever dreams.”
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said in his most recent shareholder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/climate-risk-is-investment-risk-blackrock-ceo-tells-corporate-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> that the company desires to “provide insights into how a changing climate” and the transition toward renewables may impact portfolios over time. BlackRock has taken “voting action on climate issues” against dozens of portfolio companies, according to an investment stewardship <a href="https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/literature/publication/our-commitment-to-sustainability-full-report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a>.
Republican attorneys general filed a similar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vanguard-drops-out-of-climate-initiative-as-reaction-against-woke-investing-continues" target="_blank" rel="noopener">motion</a> with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last year against asset management behemoth Vanguard, after which the firm ended its association with the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. The company nevertheless told clients that the move “will not affect our commitment to helping our investors navigate the risks that climate change can pose to their long-term returns.”
BlackRock and Vanguard, along with fellow asset management firm State Street, maintain an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-three-investment-firms-are-turning-companies-like-disney-woke-and-what-you-can-do-to-fight-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">average</a> combined 20% stake in every Fortune 500 company.
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Even as the ESG movement is slated to become a prevalent issue in the upcoming presidential election, especially in the Republican primary contest, one recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/most-voters-still-do-not-know-what-esg-is-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a> from Harvard University’s Center for American Political Studies and The Harris Poll found that 64% of respondents have not heard of the investment philosophy, although most voters agreed that investors should consider maximizing returns above other objectives.

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BlackRock Should Lose Permission To Invest In Utilities Because Of ESG Pushes, Republican AGs Say

Republican AGs Argue BlackRock Should Lose Permission To Invest In Utilities Because Of ESG Pushes

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Energy</a> Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jennifer-granholm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jennifer Granholm</a> announced new efficiency regulations for dishwashers, beverage vending machines, and electric motors on Friday, the latest of several actions from the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration?_gl=1*1rmv9a1*_ga*NzUzNDA5ODIxLjE2NzkzMjkzNzM.*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY4MzU1NDE3Mi4xOTAuMS4xNjgzNTU0NTY0LjU3LjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> to decrease power usage and combat <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/climate-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">climate change</a>.
An <a href="https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-efficiency-rules-save-americans-more-650-million-annual-energy-and-water" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcement</a> contended that the restrictions would decrease expenses for American consumers due to lowered energy consumption. Granholm said the administration is “using all of the tools at our disposal to save Americans money while promoting innovations that will reduce carbon pollution and combat the climate crisis.”
New dishwashers imported into the United States beginning in 2027 would have to consume 27% less power and use 34% less water, while more compact models would need to implement a 22% power reduction and an 11% water use reduction, according to an <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/water-wasting-dishwashers-in-crosshairs-as-biden-eyes-efficiency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> of the proposal released by Bloomberg Law. Energy Department officials estimate that consumers would have to spend $15 more for a new dishwasher but would witness three times as much in energy savings over the appliance&#8217;s lifetime.
The new dishwasher standards would save households $168 million each year on utility bills, according to an estimate from the Energy Department. The regulations for electric motors, which convert electrical energy into mechanical energy in manufacturing and process equipment, will save businesses $464 million annually, while the vending machine rules will save $20 million annually.
The Energy Department has now introduced efficiency crackdowns for 16 product categories in 2023, actions which agency officials contend are “preserving reliability and performance across household appliances and commercial and industrial equipment.” The Biden administration, which has <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/climate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">established</a> a “whole-of-government effort” to reduce carbon emissions, drafted several similar regulations over the past two years.
Officials provoked controversy upon introducing new emissions rules for natural gas stoves, even as increased adoption of the fuel serves as a significant driver of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wall-street-journal-blasts-joe-biden-john-kerry-for-pushing-self-destructive-green-energy-policies-while-china-burns-more-coal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lower</a> emissions in the United States. Controversy over the move emerged earlier this year when Consumer Product Safety Commission Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. said in an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/transparently-political-biden-administration-considering-ban-on-gas-stoves" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> that gas stoves are a “hidden hazard” and declared that “any option is on the table” for a nationwide ban. Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Alex Hoehn-Saric later posted a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/regulatory-agency-backs-down-says-there-are-no-plans-to-ban-gas-stoves" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> asserting that neither he nor the agency planned to outlaw gas stoves.
The state of New York has since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-governor-proposes-first-in-the-nation-ban-on-gas-hookups-for-new-buildings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> legislation that will effectively ban the installation of gas stoves in new homes and buildings as early as 2026. Some 38% of households nationwide use gas stoves for cooking, with the figure approaching 70% for states such as California and New Jersey, according to <a href="https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=53439" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Energy Information Administration.
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The Energy Department also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-unveils-new-restrictions-on-air-conditioners-despite-backlash-over-gas-stove-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a> new efficiency standards for air conditioners and the first federal standards for portable air cleaners. Officials similarly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/climate-alarmists-senator-tim-scott-blasts-energy-department-over-new-power-standards-for-certain-homes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a final rule that requires single-section and multi-section mobile homes to meet new climate-dependent energy conservation measures, which are estimated to raise the cost of large mobile homes between $4,100 and $4,500, marking a significant increase from the $81,400 average costs for newly manufactured mobile homes, according to <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SPSNSAUS" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Census Bureau.

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Biden Energy Department Starts Crackdown On Dishwashers

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A key lawmaker reacted in disbelief Tuesday when a Biden cabinet official said the climate change agenda took priority over the livelihoods of blue collar workers because &#8220;there’s a lot of jobs.&#8221;
The exchange between Sen. Josh Hawley, (R-MO), and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland came Tuesday as Hawley noted that manufacturing lithium-ion batteries for the electric vehicles being pushed by the Biden Administration causes environmental damage. When a stumped Haaland admitted she didn&#8217;t know China was the world&#8217;s leading producer of refined lithium and cobalt, and chief exporter of graphite to the U.S., Hawley said dependence on an adversary for such electric car components posed a threat to the U.S.
“Your decision to trade off our energy security in favor of a radical climate change agenda is making us more and more dependent on China,” Hawley said. “And at the same time you are denying mining, blocking mining, blocking permits for mines in this country that would allow us to develop nickel and copper and cobalt. Why? Why block the development of these resources in our own nation in favor of making us dependent on China?”
Earlier this year, the Biden Administration <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-biden-official-suggests-too-many-jobs-defending-climate-agenda-tense-exchange" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned mining</a> across 225,504 acres near Duluth, Minnesota. Haaland asked if Hawley was referring to the Boundary Waters that lie near the Twin Metals mine in northeast Minnesota, commenting that they were an “iconic place, of course, a very valuable ecological system to many plants, animals, species.”
“Jobs for blue collar workers in this nation are valuable resources,” Hawley replied. “The livelihood and well-being of American families are valuable resources. The ability of America to have our own industry and not be dependent on China is a valuable resource. Why should those things for millions of Americans be sacrificed in favor of your agenda for radical climate change?”
“Senator, I know that there&#8217;s like 1.9 jobs for every American in the country right now. So, I know there&#8217;s a lot of jobs,” Haaland replied.
“Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. … You&#8217;re telling me we&#8217;ve got too many jobs in the country?” Hawley asked.
&#8220;Well, I&#8217;m saying that we don&#8217;t have enough people,” Haaland answered. “That&#8217;s why we are having a hard time finding folks to work at our department.”
“You’re telling me that we have too many jobs for blue collar workers?&#8221; Hawley shot back. &#8220;Have you seen the number of jobs we have lost in this country to China in the last 20 years? Do you know where those jobs come from? Over three million jobs have gone to China. Do you know where those jobs have come from? They’ve come out of Midwestern towns like the ones I represent. They are blue collar workers, and you’re sitting here and telling me that we have too many jobs in this country? Are you serious?”
Hawley accused the Biden administration of dismissing blue-collar workers while pursuing a dubious environmental policy.
“Trading off American energy security in favor of your radical climate change agenda, shutting down good-paying jobs in our energy sector and then saying we’ve got plenty of jobs in this country I think is the most, potentially — and this is quite a high bar, I might add — the most unbelievable statement I have heard from a member of this administration maybe in my time in the Senate,” Hawley said.
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Remember a few months ago when <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-in-december-banning-gas-stoves-entirely-its-a-real-possibility-here" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Legacy Media and their Democrat allies</a> called conservatives a bunch of crazy conspiracy theorists for warning that the Left wanted to ban gas stoves? That Democrat-Media Complex episode occurred despite numerous bureaucrats and liberal politicians advocating the ban of fossil fuel power appliances and more.
Well, now, New York is one step closer to banning gas stoves in new buildings. On Thursday, Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) announced that a budget deal had been reached that would prohibit gas hookups in new buildings. Existing buildings and gas stoves not be affected under this deal, it should be noted. According to Hohcul&#8217;s office, this would be an airtight ban as well.
Katy Zielinski, a spokeswoman for the governor’s office, said on Friday that no such measure was included in the deal.
“The new law will not have any loopholes that will undermine the intent of this measure,” Hochul&#8217;s spokeswoman Katy Zielinski <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/nyregion/gas-stove-ban-ny.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The New York Times. “There will not be any option for municipalities to opt out.”
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The Democrats enthusiastically pummeling New York into the ground are about to pass a statewide ban of gas hookups on new construction. Such a terrible idea! Kathy Hochul and her cohorts are fast tracking the downward spiral of a once greatest state.
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This would obviously make future construction costs more expensive, as pointed out by New York Republican politician Lee Zeldin.
&#8220;The Democrats enthusiastically pummeling New York into the ground are about to pass a statewide ban of gas hookups on new construction,&#8221; he tweeted. &#8220;Such a terrible idea! Kathy Hochul and her cohorts are fast tracking the downward spiral of a once greatest state.&#8221;
Hochul isn&#8217;t alone. At the federal level, the Biden administration is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-50-of-gas-stoves-could-be-removed-from-market-under-potential-new-energy-standard-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considering</a> a proposed energy efficiency rule from the Department of Energy (DOE) that could remove up to 50% of current gas stoves from the U.S. market if it is enacted. That means if you have a gas hookup in your building, buying a new stove down the road could be significantly more expensive.
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What&#8217;s driving all this?
The Democrats claim that it&#8217;s concerned about climate change. Of course, there is big money to be made in the government-mandated electrification of everything. Groups that push these <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dark-money-group-pushing-gas-stove-crackdown-significant-financial-stake-green-energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mandates often</a> stand to financially gain from gas stove bans, and in turn haul in taxpayer money thanks to Democrat-enacted schemes, according to Fox News.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 03: Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton hold up their hands at the conclusion of a New York Women “Get Out The Vote” rally at Barnard College on November 03, 2022 in New York City. Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton joined Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James as they campaigned at a New York Women GOTV rally with the midterm elections under a week away. Hochul holds a slim lead in the polls against Republican candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin. AG James is favored to beat Republican candidate for Attorney General Michael Henry.

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