The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> is planning to give up to $12.5 million in grant funding for equity-driven emissions reduction research.
The new grant opportunity released last week and announced by the Department of Transportation (DOT) on Tuesday, the Climate and Transportation Initiative, will award $2.5 million annually to either a university, public research entity, or private nonprofit research entity to establish a research center.
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“As we face the climate crisis, we need cleaner transportation systems, and this investment will help deliver that by harnessing research &amp; technology for new solutions.” &#8211;<a href="https://twitter.com/SecretaryPete?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecretaryPete</a>
Announcing a <a href="https://twitter.com/USDOT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USDOT</a> Climate &amp; Transportation Research Initiative <a href="https://t.co/8cv9wqfGrM">https://t.co/8cv9wqfGrM</a>
&mdash; Gretchen Goldman, PhD (@GretchenTG) <a href="https://twitter.com/GretchenTG/status/1709601499574087949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The grant partnership may be renewed for up to five years, totaling up to $12.5 million.
In addition to tackling emissions reductions goals, the research center must also be equity-driven: aiming to have “proportional,” not equal, impact on the community in which the research center will be located. The research center must also eliminate any disparities in transportation access.
“[The research center will] create proportional impacts to all populations in a project area, remove transportation related [sic] disparities to all populations in a project area, and increase equitable access to project benefits,” stated the grant opportunity page.
Equity won’t be the only goal of the research center. The full funding <a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=350340" target="_blank" rel="noopener">goals</a> documents declare that the research center must produce “innovative applications of social and behavioral sciences and other policy interventions” to influence public usage of lower-carbon transportation.
In a <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/biden-harris-administration-announces-new-climate-and-transportation-research-funding" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> announcing the funding, DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg claimed that the burden of emissions on the climate were responsible for recent natural disasters like the Maui fire and the Vermont flood.
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&#8220;In the past few months alone, Americans from Vermont to Hawaii have faced the devastating impact of so-called ‘once-in-a-century&#8217; disasters that are now becoming more frequent, more deadly, and more destructive to our economy than ever,” said Buttigieg. “As we face the profound and urgent threat of the climate crisis, we need cleaner transportation systems, and this investment will help deliver that by harnessing research and technology to find new solutions.”
Gretchen Goldman, the DOT Climate Change Research and Technology director overseeing the grant awarding, said in a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gretchengoldman_im-excited-to-share-that-today-usdot-research-activity-7113272170453053441-HELU?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LinkedIn post</a> that the initiative would support the goal of total decarbonization of the transportation sector by 2050.
Goldman took on the directorship in April, switching over from her two-year tenure as the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) assistant director for environmental science, engineering, policy, and justice, part of the greater Climate &amp; Environment (C&amp;E) Team.
Goldman was <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gretchengoldman_white-house-releases-first-of-a-kind-indigenous-activity-7004217825804353536-5xxN?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">behind</a> the controversial federal guidance on incorporating indigenous knowledge into federal research, policy, and decision-making.
In a co-authored White House blog post, Goldman <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2022/12/02/what-is-indigenous-knowledge-and-why-does-it-matter-integrating-ancestral-wisdom-and-approaches-into-federal-decision-making/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that indigenous knowledge incorporation was necessary for improved science and policy outcomes.
“[N]ever before has there been such a driving need to expand and diversify the kinds of evidence and knowledge we rely upon to make critical decisions to address them,” stated the post.
Indigenous knowledge inclusion <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/state-agency-led-by-water-equity-advocate-delayed-water-request-during-wildfire-to-consult-with-farmers-maui-company-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">played</a> a role in the delayed water deployment during the Maui fires. It was also cited in the Department of the Interior’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/war-on-alaska-biden-admin-cancels-alaskan-oil-and-gas-leases-bans-drilling-on-millions-of-acres" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decision</a> last month to end Arctic National Wildlife Preserve drilling, as well as oil and gas leases.

Biden Admin To Give $12.5 Million Grant For Equity-Driven Emissions Reduction Research

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Twenty-two state attorneys general, led by Tennessee&#8217;s Jonathan Skrmetti, are warning financial services companies that they may be violating antitrust and consumer protection laws by engaging in a climate activist alliance aimed at achieving net zero carbon emissions.
The <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/09/State-AGs-NZFSPA-Letter-9-13-23.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to financial services providers that are signatories to the Net Zero Financial Service Providers Alliance (<a href="https://www.netzeroserviceproviders.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NZFSPA</a>), which is identified as “a global group of Service Providers committed to supporting the goal of global net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner.”
“We are writing to express our concern that your NZFSPA commitments may violate state and federal law, including antitrust laws and consumer protection laws,” the letter states. “Although many NZFSPA signatories are direct competitors with each other, they nevertheless commit to using their market influence to enforce their collective climate agenda in the broader economy.”
The attorneys general also remarked that “many companies may have no choice but to comply with your policy preferences, requiring them to restrict further the variety and output of goods and services that are not &#8216;aligned&#8217; with your activist climate agenda” because of the “extraordinary market power of participants in the agreement.”
The alliance includes numerous powerful companies, including Deloitte, EY, Bloomberg, KPMG, and S&amp;P Global.
The attorneys general highlight potentially problematic aspects of the alliance, such as an agreement among signatories to “coordinate their agenda with numerous other climate-activist pressure groups” and “coordinate their market pressure” to achieve the aims of the NZFSPA.
It goes on to request that the signatories “describe in detail all communications related to your commitments to NZFSPA,” as well as communications concerning membership in GFANZ. Signatories are also asked to describe actions they have taken to fulfill their NZFSPA obligations, as well as ways in which they have “materially deviated from your NZFSPA commitments.” The letter requests that the information be provided by October 13th.
“If financial service providers are colluding to limit consumer choices and manipulate market outcomes in support of international climate activists, that could violate our antitrust and consumer protection laws,” Tennessee Attorney General Johnathan Skrmetti explained in a statement. “Decisions about energy policy should be made by our elected representatives, not by transnational corporate alliances.”
Will Hild, Executive Director of Consumer’s Research, lauded the attorneys general for “their important work defending consumers from yet another net zero conspiracy.”
“Financial services providers must understand that no matter what virtue signaling label they slap on it, collusion between members of an industry to drive up costs for Americans is immoral and illegal,” Hild said, pointing out the “massive potential liabilities” associated with the alliance. “They should cooperate with the investigation, and most importantly, stop conspiring against the public. No financial service provider has a legitimate reason to be part of NZFSPA.&#8221;
The letter comes after several insurance companies <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/allianz-decides-leave-net-zero-insurance-alliance-2023-05-25/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">left the alliance</a> following a previous <a href="https://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-05-15-NZIA-Letter.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> from 23 attorneys general warning the companies of potential legal ramifications associated with their involvement in the alliance.

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Airport workers backed by one of the biggest labor unions in the nation protested at LAX Airport this week for stricter airline emissions regulations to combat “environmental racism.”
The protesters are members of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/service-employees-international-union-seiu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Service Employees International Union</a> United Service Workers West (SEIU-USWW) organization, Airport Workers United (AWU).
The protest occurred in front of a departures terminal at the airport. Protestors used the phrase, “No justice, no peace,” a popular chant in Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and riots, as well as the environmentalist alternative, “No clean air, no peace.”
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No justice! NO PEACE! No clean air! NO PEACE! Standing up to hold the airlines accountable for their emissions’ impacts on black and brown communities. <a href="https://twitter.com/GoodAirports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GoodAirports</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SenHenryStern?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenHenryStern</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/LAANE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LAANE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/LN4S?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LN4S</a> <a href="https://t.co/IILT080Sfo">pic.twitter.com/IILT080Sfo</a>
&mdash; SEIU USWW (@seiuusww) <a href="https://twitter.com/seiuusww/status/1697324018880360826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The protestors called on the California Air Resources Board (CARB) — which approved California’s gas-powered car <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-regulators-approve-banning-new-gas-car-sales" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ban</a> — to regulate airline industry emissions like other industry emissions during their next <a href="https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/ma091423" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meeting</a> on Sept. 14. CARB will consider increased regulations on the airline industry by adding jet fuel into the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).
LCFS regulation currently doesn’t <a href="https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2020-09/basics-notes.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apply</a> to conventional jet fuel, aviation gasoline, deficit-generating fuel used in military tactical vehicles, and certain credit-generating fossil compressed natural gas or fossil propane fuels.
In a press release, SEIU-UWW said that the airline industry is the fourth-largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, causing “extreme heat” and disproportionate levels of respiratory disease among minorities.
“Airline emissions also contain various particles and chemicals that contribute to drastically increased levels of asthma and other respiratory diseases in airport workers and the predominantly black and brown communities surrounding LAX,” stated the press release.
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Featured speakers at Thursday’s protest included workers JoVann Houston and Oscar Antonio, as well as Democratic California State Senator Henry Stern.
Houston <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UnitedServiceWorkersWest/videos/260444366886187" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that environmental racism was to blame for her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an inflammatory disease which causes breathing issues.
“Environmental racism is a disproportionate impact of environmental hazards of people of color,” said Houston. “Communities of color are more likely to live in polluted neighborhoods, and as a result we suffer the highest rates of asthma, cancer, and heart disease.”
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Airline emissions are killing black and brown communities! So airport workers are standing up against the powerful airlines to HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE!<a href="https://twitter.com/LAANE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LAANE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/LN4S?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LN4S</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HenrySternCA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HenrySternCA</a> <a href="https://t.co/OXAOec9Yan">pic.twitter.com/OXAOec9Yan</a>
&mdash; SEIU USWW (@seiuusww) <a href="https://twitter.com/seiuusww/status/1697316838307410067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Houston has been a featured face of SEIU advocacy for stricter emissions regulations since March 2020, as well as <a href="https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/06/california-minimum-wage-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increasing</a> the minimum wage to $25 or more an hour.
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Cities like Los Angeles are run by hard working airport Black workers like Jovan Houston. Listen to her speak about the harmful impact of an expansion at LAX 
If you care about Jovan, sign our petition now: <a href="https://t.co/w1Kr8PZbMK">https://t.co/w1Kr8PZbMK</a> <a href="https://t.co/0iLRenBXrW">pic.twitter.com/0iLRenBXrW</a>
&mdash; SEIU USWW (@seiuusww) <a href="https://twitter.com/seiuusww/status/1457840034875248646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2021</a></blockquote>
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&quot;Our health is impacted at LAX by airline emissions. LAX is trying to add 2 more terminals, meaning more planes int he air, dumping fuel and pollution. We are not allowing airlines to this expansion without US in mind.&quot; &#8211; Jovan Houston of <a href="https://twitter.com/seiuusww?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@seiuusww</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FireDrillFriday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FireDrillFriday</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Solidarity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Solidarity</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ec6TBlBGYd">pic.twitter.com/Ec6TBlBGYd</a>
&mdash; STAND-LA (@STAND_LA) <a href="https://twitter.com/STAND_LA/status/1236017847907676160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In June, Houston was invited to testify on behalf of the SEIU before the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the Biden administration’s <a href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-proposes-new-carbon-pollution-standards-fossil-fuel-fired-power-plants-tackle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed</a> changes to carbon pollution standards.
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Jovan Houston, an airport worker in Los Angeles and member of <a href="https://twitter.com/seiuusww?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@seiuusww</a>, testified on the second day of hearings about how climate pollution disproportionately affects Black and Brown communities, and worsens both her COPD and her son&#39;s asthma. Thank you for testifying, Jovan! <a href="https://t.co/Qcleom31a8">pic.twitter.com/Qcleom31a8</a>
&mdash; Climate Action Campaign (@actonclimateUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/actonclimateUS/status/1671617172425125888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Antonio claimed that he and his co-workers developed various breathing ailments due to working at LAX. He echoed the union’s advocacy for airlines to lower the carbon content of the jet fuel they use.
“Since working at LAX, I developed pneumonia. My coworkers have developed chronic respiratory diseases,” said Antonio.
Featured in the protest was a poster that read: “Airline Emissions Are Killing Black and Brown Communities.”
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“Since working at LAX I developed pneumonia. My coworkers have developed chronic respiratory diseases. Let’s show the world what we can do when we fight together!” &#8211; USWW member Oscar Antonio <a href="https://twitter.com/LAANE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LAANE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SenHenryStern?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenHenryStern</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/LN4S?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LN4S</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/GoodAirports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GoodAirports</a> <a href="https://t.co/Sdy0didtMe">pic.twitter.com/Sdy0didtMe</a>
&mdash; SEIU USWW (@seiuusww) <a href="https://twitter.com/seiuusww/status/1697317914003779972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Stern said that airlines have too much of an emission impact under their present practices that even a drastic measure like shutting down every Los Angeles highway wouldn’t make a difference. Stern fully <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/not-all-environmentalists-pleased-with-push-to-ban-gas-powered-cars-in-california/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supported</a> California’s total vehicle electrification through its ban of new gas-powered cars. The EPA <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-epa-gives-california-special-authority-to-phase-out-heavy-duty-gas-trucks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gave</a> California special permissions for the ban in March.
“We have to hold jet fuel to the same standard that we hold all other fuels to,” said Stern. “If we have to clean up, they have to clean up.”
A month after approving California’s gas car ban, the EPA <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-unveils-proposal-for-landmark-nationwide-crackdown-on-gas-cars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed</a> a similar crackdown nationwide.
Regulations of the airline industry in the name of combating climate change have resulted in drastic policy changes with outsized economic impacts.
Last October, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) pledged during its <a href="https://www.icao.int/Meetings/a41/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">annual assembly</a> to reach net zero emissions by 2050; during that same assembly, the United States was <a href="https://www.icao.int/about-icao/Council/CouncilStates/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">elected</a> to join ICAO’s Member Governing Council as one of 10 states of chief importance in air transport. W. Brent Christensen serves as the nation’s representative on the council; Christensen formerly served as the director of the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto embassy from 2018 to 2021.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-kerry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Kerry</a>, the nation’s first Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, applauded the ICAO pledge. Kerry, a member of the Forbes family, was former President Barack Obama’s secretary of state, and the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee.
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Thrilled to see international aviation commit at <a href="https://twitter.com/icao?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@icao</a> 41st Assembly to a sustainable future with a long-term climate goal and an ambitious CORSIA to help put aviation on the path to net zero by 2050.
&mdash; Special Presidential Envoy John Kerry (@ClimateEnvoy) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClimateEnvoy/status/1578406843566755840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In April, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-19/aviation-s-near-term-carbon-fix-to-pass-price-hikes-to-consumers%23xj4y7vzkg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> Bloomberg panelists that proposed “sustainable” aviation fuel would result in steep airline ticket prices. In May, France <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/european-nation-bans-short-domestic-flights-over-climate-worries-private-jet-flights-still-allowed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned</a> short-haul domestic flights to make headway on its goal of carbon neutrality. Like the U.S., France was <a href="https://www.icao.int/about-icao/Council/CouncilStates/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">elected</a> one of the ICAO Member Governing Council states of chief importance in air transport last year.

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Airport Workers Backed By Major Labor Union Protest At LAX To Combat ‘Environmental Racism’

Airport Workers Backed By Major Labor Union Protest At LAX For Stricter Airline Emissions Regulations To Combat ‘Environmental Racism’

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A key <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> official at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is tied to an apartment building in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles</a> that has a history of serious safety violations, according to a watchdog organization.
Code inspection reports obtained by the <a href="https://americanaccountabilityfoundation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American Accountability Foundation</a> (AAF) and shared with The Daily Wire indicate that properties owned by a family trust affiliated with Ann Carlson, the acting administrator and chief legal counsel for the NHTSA, have a history of safety violations, prompting concern from Senate Republicans.
“Given that NHTSA’s mission is to ensure safety on the nation’s roads, Ann Carlson’s reported carelessness regarding safety at properties owned by her family trust are concerning,” a spokesman for Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Republicans on the Senate Commerce Committee told The Daily Wire. “Whether it’s her ties to radical environmentalists, her hypocrisy regarding her investments in oil and gas, or her inability to properly manage investment properties, Ann Carlson’s record raises serious concerns about her ability to lead NHTSA even on a temporary basis.”
The Daily Wire has reached out to the NHTSA, an agency tasked with improving vehicle safety, for comment.
President Joe Biden previously appointed Carlson to be head of the NHTSA before withdrawing her nomination in May after opposition from Senate Republicans.
Multiple “high” level violations at the Los Angeles apartment building occurred in 2019 when the Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department inspected the apartment and found two separate rooms without smoke detectors as required by city code, according to code inspection reports obtained by the AAF. According to the AAF, the violations &#8220;were not fully corrected until two follow-up inspections were performed.&#8221;
“The lack of smoke detectors shows negligence by the building&#8217;s ownership — the Carlson-Moor Family Trust — and that tenants were in danger and exposed to the risk of harm or even death,” the AAF said in a memo shared with The Daily Wire.
Several other 2019 violations noted by city inspectors included a lack of carbon monoxide detectors across two separate properties and several issues pertaining to plumbing in the building, including having no permit to install a water heater, the AAF found.
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“The fact that Joe Biden&#8217;s ‘highway safety’ chief has repeatedly jeopardized the safety of her own tenants completely disqualifies her from this role. She has no business regulating the lives of the American people while she herself repeatedly violates health and safety regulations,” said AAF President Tom Jones. “Yet unfortunately it is not surprising, &#8216;Rules for thee but not for me&#8217; seems to be the new motto of the Democrat Party. Carlson must resign immediately.”
Another alleged violation occurred at one of the properties recently, according to a complaint filed last month that claims that a &#8220;garage was demolished and released lead contamination.” The complaint also alleges that there was new construction not up to fire code and that property lines were crossed.
Prior to serving in the Biden administration, Carlson was an environmental professor at UCLA. She took a leave of absence to begin work at the NHTSA and has faced regular criticism from Republicans over environmental regulations she has helped to craft.

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Video footage of a camera crane knocking down a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/environmentalism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">climate protester</a> during a live <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dance show</a> is going viral online.
It all went down on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sweden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Swedish</a> version of “Dancing with the Stars,” which is called “Let’s Dance.” Charlotte Kalla, an Olympic skier, and her partner Tobias Karlsson were dancing on stage when climate activists suddenly appeared, holding up a banner and throwing yellow powder. 
Kalla and Karlsson didn’t stop dancing, video footage shows, but it’s the camera operator who’s really getting attention.
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&mdash; Rasim Reiz (@RasimReiz) <a href="https://twitter.com/RasimReiz/status/1662738412011507712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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A short clip of the interaction shows an activist holding a banner that says “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/climate-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Återställ Våtmarker</a>,” which translates to &#8220;Restore Wetlands.&#8221; In just a few seconds, that person was knocked down by a camera crane. Immediately after, all of the protestors were ushered off the stage by security. 
The activist group posted footage of the incident on <a href="https://twitter.com/vatmarker/status/1662534555226587136" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> with a caption that said, according to Google Translate, &#8220;LET&#8217;S DANCE IS DISRUPTED BY RESTORE WETLANDS &#8211; I&#8217;m only 18 years old. Those in power sit completely passive and watch as my future burns up, says Otis who was one of the people on stage.&#8221;
Climate protestors organizing publicity stunts are nothing new. In recent months, activists have been shutting down busy highways, ruining priceless art, and vandalizing historic landmarks to raise awareness of their causes. 
Earlier in May, a group of climate protesters poured diluted charcoal in Rome&#8217;s Trevi Fountain to protest fossil fuels, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rome-mayor-says-climate-activists-cause-environmental-damage-after-turning-trevi-fountain-water-black-using-charcoal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Their actions turned the water black and might have caused permanent damage to the world-famous fountain.
&#8220;Enough of these absurd attacks on our artistic heritage. Today smeared the #FontanadiTrevi,&#8221; Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri wrote on Twitter. &#8220;Expensive and complex to restore, hoping that there is no permanent damage. I invite activists to compete on a confrontational terrain without putting the monuments at risk.&#8221;
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In October 2022, German climate change activists smeared mashed potatoes over Monet’s &#8220;Les Meules” before gluing their hands to the wall below the painting. This was similar to another act of vandalism in October when a pair of activists <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-global-warming-protesters-vandalize-one-of-worlds-most-iconic-art-masterpieces" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threw tomato soup</a> at the priceless Van Gogh painting “Sunflowers” to protest fossil fuel usage.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Jersey</a> Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is charging itself with violating environmental laws.
The NJ DEP&#8217;s Bureau of Coastal and Land Use Compliance and Enforcement cited the Division of Fish and Wildlife for illegally clearing 15 acres of protected wetlands. The Division of Fish and Wildlife intended to use the land to build a habitat for a species of bird, but in doing so, destroyed protected lands intended to protect two other species. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/environmentalists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Environmental</a> groups complained, and the DEP agreed and charged itself.
According to the DEP <a href="https://dep.nj.gov/njfw/news-20230201-american-woodcock-habitat-creation-glassboro-wildlife-management-area/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, the Division of Fish and Wildlife was in the process of clearing 21 acres of land to build a &#8220;meadow habitat&#8221; for the American woodcock, a bird in the sandpiper family that is in decline on the eastern seaboard because its meadow and scrub habitats have grown into full forests.
According to the <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-jersey-department-of-environmental-protection-glassboro-wildlife-management-area-violation-20230414.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Philadelphia Inquirer</a>, the situation began on March 6, when environmental groups in the state sent a <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/155OQzUMEM7rw3X6r8ahguRU-ni-6FbAP/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to the DEP protesting the land clearing in the Glassboro Wildlife Management Area in Gloucester County in South Jersey. “‘Creation and management&#8217; is a gross mischaracterization of the unlawful environmental damage that has occurred at this site: the wetland soil and flora that were previously undisturbed have been destroyed, and the mature forest that was already habitat for numerous rare species of plants and birds was clear-cut logged,&#8221; the groups wrote.
&#8220;At the present time, NJDEP has cleared the entire area,&#8221; they added. &#8220;All trees have been cut, and all stumps bulldozed. The wetlands and uplands have been made nearly indistinguishable, and the landscape is in the process of being leveled using land graders and earth movers. All natural resources &#8211; plants, animals, soils and surface geology &#8211; have been altered, removed or exterminated.&#8221;
The DEP responded to the letter by suspending the project on March 10. The Bureau of Coastal and Land Use later determined that the project had destroyed mature oak and pine forests in and near protected wetlands, and filled in some others. Some three acres of the cleared land had damaged habitat for two other bird species: the barred owl, which is threatened, and the red-shouldered hawk, which is endangered. Another 12 acres of freshwater wetland transition areas, which are also protected lands, were cleared of vegetation and soil.
A DEP spokesman told the Inquirer that it issued a letter of violation on April 6 “for unauthorized regulated activity.” By the end of the month, it would issue a penalty assessment. The notice includes a threat of penalties, but it is unclear exactly how the DEP fining itself would work. Under the conditions of the violation, the Division of Fish and Wildlife must submit a plan to restore the affected areas within 30 days, and open the process to the public. It must also propose additional environmentally beneficial measures.
The environmental miscue comes as New Jersey is dealing with a potential environmental disaster. In recent weeks, at least 13 whales have washed up on the shores of New Jersey, along with at least 25 dolphins. Additionally, a few porpoises have washed up on the Jersey Shore beaches, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/with-more-whales-and-dolphins-washing-ashore-officials-have-to-ask-are-wind-farms-to-blame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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The deaths of the aquatic mammals coincide with prep work for several offshore wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean, including three in New Jersey. Critics argue that the work, including sonar and seabed rock sampling, are responsible for the deaths. But Democratic Governor Phil Murphy has called their claims &#8220;disinformation&#8221; and said he would proceed with the projects. Federal authorities have also dismissed them.

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Why are so many whales dying this year?
At least <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/03/16/why-are-so-many-whales-washing-up-dead-on-east-coast-beaches" target="_blank" rel="noopener">29 whales</a> have washed up on the Atlantic coast since December, including over a dozen in New Jersey. A number of whales beach on the east coast every year, but the uptick in deaths has alarmed scientists.
The string of whale demises has coincided with prep work for the installation of several large clean energy offshore wind farms in the waters around the northeast, sparking concerns that the wind farms are causing the deaths.
Critics of the wind farms have argued that ocean floor preparation work including the sonar used by energy companies to map the ocean floor and the noise made by seabed rock sampling may have caused the whale deaths.
At least 13 whales have washed up in New Jersey and New York alone as of April 4, <a href="https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/15804f85-838e-4870-bd16-aa383f37bd63/2023%20CETACEAN%20STRANDING%20DATA%20-%20Sheet1%20(17).pdf">according</a> to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center.
It&#8217;s not just whales, either. At <a href="https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/15804f85-838e-4870-bd16-aa383f37bd63/2023%20CETACEAN%20STRANDING%20DATA%20-%20Sheet1%20(17).pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">least 25</a> dolphins and a couple of porpoises have washed up on New Jersey&#8217;s shores as well.
On Tuesday, New Jersey Republicans <a href="https://www.senatenj.com/index.php/oscanlon/oscanlon-durr-introduce-resolution-urging-moratorium-on-offshore-wind-projects/60146" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a resolution calling for an immediate moratorium on offshore wind energy projects due to the &#8220;unexplained&#8221; marine life deaths. Dozens of New Jersey mayors have <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dozens-nj-mayors-call-immediate-offshore-wind-moratorium-latest-whale-deaths">called</a> to halt the projects as well.
&#8220;After months of whales and dolphins washing up on our beaches, enough is enough,&#8221; said state Sen. Declan O’Scanlon, who represents a beach district and introduced the proposal.
&#8220;We cannot ignore the surge in marine life deaths that has occurred while offshore wind project preparation activities have been conducted along the coast,&#8221; O’Scanlon said. “While the Governor has stated that ‘there’s no evidence these activities are causing these whale and dolphin deaths’, he omits that he, and we, simply have no idea what’s causing these tragic deaths.&#8221;
New Jersey is working on <a href="https://dep.nj.gov/offshorewind/projects/#ny-bight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">three</a> offshore wind projects with the ambitious <a href="https://www.nj.gov/emp/energy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">goal</a> of 100% clean energy for New Jersey by 2050. The GOP proposal to stop work on New Jersey&#8217;s wind projects is likely to get shut down by Democrats. Even if it survives the legislature, Governor Phil Murphy is unlikely to sign it.
Last month, Murphy, a Democrat, <a href="https://www.nj.com/news/2023/02/citing-disinformation-murphy-will-not-stop-nj-offshore-wind-work-after-whale-deaths.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cited</a> &#8220;disinformation&#8221; around the whale deaths and said he will push forward with the wind energy projects despite the concerns.
The federal government has also downplayed the possibility of any connection to the wind farms.
Two government agencies, the Marine Mammal Commission and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) <a href="https://www.mmc.gov/wp-content/uploads/Update-on-Strandings-of-Large-Whales-along-the-East-Coast-2.21.2023.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">both</a> <a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/marine-life-distress/frequent-questions-offshore-wind-and-whales?fbclid=IwAR2TXmI7xEfF89Cws7dmZJWYxkgnqTfl-nd6Fj3ql0D15bGharPlYOa_Z5c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> initially that there is &#8220;no evidence&#8221; that wind farms are the culprit.
Some of the whales, mostly humpbacks, showed evidence that they were hit by ships, the MMC said.
Last week though, the NOAA <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNOAAFISHERIES/bulletins/352c198" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admitted</a> that a planned wind energy project 15 miles off the shore of Atlantic City is &#8220;likely to adversely affect, but is not likely to jeopardize, the continued existence of&#8221; whales and other sea life in the area.
The NOAA has been <a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-life-distress/2016-2023-humpback-whale-unusual-mortality-event-along-atlantic-coast#causes-of-the-humpback-whale-ume" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tracking</a> higher numbers of beached humpback whales as an &#8220;unusual mortality event&#8221; since 2016, but deaths of several species of whales and other marine life have increased in the last few months.
New Jersey&#8217;s Environmental Protection Department was also quiet about the whale deaths at first. Eventually, the department said it is “aware of no credible evidence&#8221; that offshore wind farms are killing whales, but it will “continue to monitor” the situation.
The beached whales have caused a rift among environmentalists.
Clean Ocean Action, one of the few environmental groups to criticize offshore wind energy, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/29/whale-deaths-new-jersey-offshore-wind-00079462" target="_blank" rel="noopener">became</a> an odd couple team with Republican lawmakers who oppose the projects.
On the other side are the New Jersey chapters of the Sierra Club and League of Conservation Voters, who say climate change is the bigger threat. Essentially, their argument is that a few dead whales now is worth the clean energy that will help save the planet.
“I find it unreasonable to call for the pause or moratorium on offshore wind — which is going to save us all,” New Jersey Sierra Club Director Anjuli Ramos-Busot <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/29/whale-deaths-new-jersey-offshore-wind-00079462" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
States in the northeast have been racing to become hubs for wind energy.
New York has also seen at least two whale deaths this year as it aggressively pursues plans for offshore wind projects.
Governor Kathy Hochul has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/nyregion/new-york-wind-farm-rhode-island.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> for New York to produce <a href="https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/gigawatt-the-solar-energy-term-you-should-know-about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">enough</a> wind energy to power 6.7 million homes by 2035, more than twice the households in New York City. In December, a group of environmentalists <a href="https://nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/Letter-to-Governor-Hochul-on-Offshore-Wind-Goals.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed</a> Hochul to commit to even more.
President Biden has <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/29/whale-deaths-new-jersey-offshore-wind-00079462" target="_blank" rel="noopener">set</a> a national goal of enough offshore wind energy to power 10 million homes by 2030.
For now though, Republican legislators and many New Jersey residents are not going quietly, and they are optimistic they can make a change.
&#8220;I&#8217;m witnessing firsthand,&#8221; a commercial fisherman of over 25 years <a href="https://pressofatlanticcity.com/demonstrators-speak-for-whales-in-word-and-song/article_19668bc9-2441-5b76-ba0e-3e8deb2238b1.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Press of Atlantic City at a protest last week. &#8220;The governor has the statistics with the actual work they&#8217;re doing and what the impact is, and they&#8217;re not addressing it. &#8230; Look at what you&#8217;re doing and what the documents say and pay attention to it. Stop issuing permits to kill endangered species.&#8221;
&#8220;The support is definitely getting stronger,&#8221; a woman at the protest <a href="https://pressofatlanticcity.com/demonstrators-speak-for-whales-in-word-and-song/article_19668bc9-2441-5b76-ba0e-3e8deb2238b1.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the outlet.

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A far-left climate activist was forced to resign in disgrace this week from an environmental organization that she helped found after a jury awarded a former employee hundreds of thousands of dollars because the organization did not sufficiently investigate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sexual-harassment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sexual harassment</a> claims.
Native American environmentalist Winona LaDuke resigned as executive director of Honor the Earth, an organization that she co-founded with the Indigo Girls — whose band members, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, also support far-left causes.
LaDuke&#8217;s exit from the organization comes after a Minnesota jury awarded Margaret Campbell $750,000 this week &#8220;for sexual harassment, mental suffering and retaliation, after Campbell reported the allegations to LaDuke and other organization leaders&#8221; and she was not protected, the Minnesota Reformer <a href="https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/04/04/honor-the-earth-hit-with-750k-civil-court-judgment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“She reported the harassment to her boss, but rather than protect her the organization protected her harasser at her expense,” said Campbell’s attorney, Christy Hall of Gender Justice. “But Margaret did not back down. Her lawsuit, and the jury’s findings, are an important reminder of the responsibility every employer has to end workplace harassment and abuse.”
LaDuke <a href="https://www.facebook.com/winona.laduke.5/posts/pfbid023fmafpaRDnhNdfFFnWyMECfHdGaCWw1A7nfvNDMJdPmNCnTH81WnG22DiwBiPk5pl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a Facebook post that she was responsible for failing to protect Campbell from sexual harassment before claiming that the organization was the victim of &#8220;colonial carceral court systems.&#8221;
&#8220;The court system is a punitive, white, carceral system that targets Native Peoples,&#8221; LaDuke claimed. &#8220;In such a forum, it was unsurprising that the result would be a staggering and disproportionate fine against Honor the Earth.&#8221;
Despite the the jury&#8217;s ruling, the Indigo Girls praised LaDuke in a statement announcing that she would no longer lead the organization.
&#8220;Working under her mentorship these past 30 years has been the privilege of a lifetime, and we will continue to learn from Winona as she does her life’s work,&#8221; they <a href="https://www.facebook.com/winona.laduke.5/posts/pfbid023fmafpaRDnhNdfFFnWyMECfHdGaCWw1A7nfvNDMJdPmNCnTH81WnG22DiwBiPk5pl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on Facebook. &#8220;We will always be grateful to Winona LaDuke for her tireless work, her wisdom, her brilliance and her humanity.&#8221;
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The story has garnered significant national attention, leading notable figures, like Donald Trump Jr., to weigh in on the matter.
&#8220;Meanwhile, we&#8217;ve got another wacko far-Left maniac (@WinonaLaduke) having to resign for letting sexual harassment run rampant at @HonorTheEarth, which I guess makes them kind of like the new @ProjectLincoln (aka Predator Project),&#8221; Trump Jr. tweeted on Wednesday.
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Meanwhile, we&#39;ve got another wacko far-Left maniac (<a href="https://twitter.com/WinonaLaduke?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WinonaLaduke</a>) having to resign for letting sexual harassment run rampant at <a href="https://twitter.com/HonorTheEarth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HonorTheEarth</a>, which I guess makes them kind of like the new <a href="https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ProjectLincoln</a> (aka Predator Project) <a href="https://t.co/CAmQQYTXZB">https://t.co/CAmQQYTXZB</a>
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A former Trump White House official who dealt with tribal issues told The Daily Wire that these types of activists are some of the biggest hypocrites they&#8217;ve ever seen.
“These are people that spend all their time telling other people how to live: what their values should be, where they should be allowed to utilize natural resources, deciding who’s ‘good’ and who’s ‘bad,’” the official said. &#8220;Then come to find out, they’re letting this poor girl get sexually harassed and not doing anything about it. Good luck maintaining the moral high ground.”
Another former Trump White House official who also dealt with tribal issues told The Daily Wire, “The tribal chiefs were great, always very positive and advocating for their constituents.&#8221;
&#8220;They thought this Winona Duke lady was a fraud, a bad person,&#8221; the official said. &#8220;Sure enough, they’re being proven right.”

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Far-Left Climate Activist Resigns In Disgrace Over Sexual Misconduct Accusations at Indigo Girls-Backed Org: Report

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The Los Angeles Times, citing a study from researchers at the University of Southern California, claimed that people of color in the city had been damaged by white people because white people drove more.
The USC study, titled, “<a href="https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/wd92j/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Local Inequities in the Relative Production of and Exposure to Vehicular Air Pollution in Los Angeles</a>,” stated in its abstract that a “growing knowledge of racial injustice in exposure levels” existed in Los Angeles County, and that “tracts whose residents drive less are exposed to more air pollution, as are tracts with a less-White population.” The study blamed “decades of racially-motivated freeway infrastructure planning and residential segregation.”
“White drivers are polluting the air breathed by L.A.’s people of color,” The LA Times trumpeted.
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White drivers are polluting the air breathed by L.A.’s people of color<a href="https://t.co/1cBp2TTay6">https://t.co/1cBp2TTay6</a>
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The study invoked “environmental justice,” writing, “The political and planning decisions behind transport infrastructure placement impact environmental justice today through vehicular air pollution,” “Decades of racist planning decisions in Los Angeles have contributed to today’s injustices in transport, health, and environmental quality,” and “non-White and poor communities are disproportionately burdened with excess pollution.”
One of the solutions proposed by the authors of the study suggested invasive measures toward presumably white, wealthier neighborhoods, as they wrote, “legalizing the construction of denser and more affordable housing in less-polluted, exclusive neighborhoods could reduce exposure disparities.”
The Los Angeles Times contributor <a href="//DA4BD556-A640-40F2-8BBD-1CAC6CD53DCD/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> guiltily, “I couldn’t help but consider my own complicity” after reading the study, then saluted the study’s perspective, adding, “It may sound like a paradox, but it’s not. It’s a function of the racism that shaped this city and its suburbs, and continues to influence our daily lives — and a stark reminder of the need for climate solutions that benefit everyone.”
“I’ve benefited from the region’s sordid history as well,” he opined.
Many of the wealthier white residents of Los Angeles live near the coast, where the air is cleaner, rather than inland, where the smog is trapped in the Los Angeles area.
Twitter ‘s “Community Notes” initially was seen rating the Times’ claim as false, writing, “This claim is false. This assumption is based on research that those who drive more tend to be exposed to less air pollution while those who drive less tend to be exposed to more pollution. L.A. population is 48.4% Hispanic/Latino, 28.1% White only (not Hispanic).”
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Twitter is calling you “fake news,” <a href="https://twitter.com/latimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@latimes</a> <a href="https://t.co/HXLoS0bd3V">pic.twitter.com/HXLoS0bd3V</a>
&mdash; Beatrice Cardenas (@RealBetyCardens) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealBetyCardens/status/1633982261271085056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The Times was bashed for their tweet:
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This has become like old timey, nonsensical racism at this point&#8230;
&mdash; Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1633886264700092432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Just here for the ratio, you race baiting simpletons.
&mdash; Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) <a href="https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1633943575456264194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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If *Finding Racism Everywhere* was an Olympic sport, this LA Times article would be heavily favored to win the gold medal 🏅 <a href="https://t.co/bqIsuB70WE">pic.twitter.com/bqIsuB70WE</a>
&mdash; Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) <a href="https://twitter.com/Joelmpetlin/status/1633946354287362048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Congratulations to the author of this piece <a href="https://twitter.com/Sammy_Roth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Sammy_Roth</a>. You have managed to write not only the most idiotic but racist piece of 2023!
&mdash; Nick Short ‎‎ (@PoliticalShort) <a href="https://twitter.com/PoliticalShort/status/1633953160342523904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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‘Finding Racism Everywhere’: LA Times Bashed For Claiming ‘White Drivers’ Polluting Air Of ‘People of Color’

LA Times Bashed For Claiming ‘White Drivers’ Polluting Air Of ‘People of Color’

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> State Assemblyman Phil Ting, a Democrat, filed legislation on Thursday to institute fines for <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/business" target="_blank" rel="noopener">businesses</a> which continue to use certain paper receipts.
Assembly Bill 1347 would <a href="https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1347/id/2705007" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impose</a> fines for businesses which use receipts containing BPA or BPS, which are industrial chemicals used to make certain plastics, or including “items nonessential to the transaction” such as coupons or advertisements. Businesses in violation of the statute would be subjected to a daily fine of $25 capped at a total of $300 annually.
“When we get coffee to-go or a pack of gum, most of us don’t want or need a physical receipt,” Ting said in a <a href="https://a19.asmdc.org/press-releases/20230302-ting-re-introduces-skip-slip-legislation-reduce-waste-limit-exposure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. “It’s time we provide customers with the option to get no receipt or a digital receipt. It doesn’t make sense to kill so many trees and produce billions of pounds of carbon emissions.”
Ting referenced a <a href="https://a19.asmdc.org/press-releases/20230302-ting-re-introduces-skip-slip-legislation-reduce-waste-limit-exposure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Green America noting that 3 million trees and 10 billion gallons of water are used each year in the United States to manufacture paper receipts, generating 4 billion pounds of carbon dioxide. He invited constituents to endorse a <a href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ADInfo/einvites/AD19/5161_Support_AB_1347_-_Skip-the-Slip.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">petition</a> affirming that “paper receipts have become unnecessary” and “have harmful chemicals that can be absorbed through our skin just by touching them.”
The lawmaker first introduced similar legislation in 2019, which stalled in the Senate Appropriations Committee. The new bill to institute fines for paper receipts is the latest of several strict environmental regulations on consumers and businesses proposed in the state of California. Officials in San Francisco garnered <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shapiro-newsweek-plastic-straw-ban-sucks-ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">controversy</a> in 2018 for announcing crackdowns on plastic straws, stirrers, and toothpicks, while their counterparts in Santa Barbara considered issuing fines as high as $10,000 per offense for restaurants which use plastic straws.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) approved <a href="https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20212022/AB1276/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legislation</a> over a year ago that prohibits certain food facilities from providing “any single-use foodware accessory or standard condiment” such as forks, knives, spoons, chopsticks, and condiment cups and packets, according to a <a href="https://cchealth.org/eh/food/pdf/AB1276Facts-Single-Use-Items.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fact sheet</a> from the California Health and Human Services Agency.
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Environmental leaders lauded the official for signing the new restrictions. “Newsom has once again secured California’s position as a leader on tackling the global plastic pollution problem,” California Public Interest Research Group State Director Jenn Engstrom said in a <a href="https://pirg.org/california/media-center/statement-governor-newsom-signs-legislation-to-tackle-plastic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>, adding that the measures would “bring transparency to our recycling systems, help consumers make more informed choices and reduce the amount of unnecessary single-use plastics polluting our communities.”

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Actor Ed Begley Jr. says his environmental activism caused a dry spell in his film career, claiming that studios and directors passed over him out of fear that he would make demands for on-set environmental measures.
The &#8220;Better Call Saul&#8221; actor told entertainment outlet Page Six (in an <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/02/26/ed-begley-jr-s-environmentalism-made-him-a-hollywood-outcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> that was published Sunday) he explained that when people saw the <a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/riding-with-ed-an-actor-devoted-to-the-green-life/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drastic measures</a> he took in his personal life to protect the environment — once famously biking to the Academy Awards — they worried he might judge or scold those who did not.
&#8220;I gave people the creeps,&#8221; he said. &#8220;People were afraid that I was going to point at them exiting their limo or their SUV and go, &#8216;How can you drive a car?'&#8221;
But Begley Jr. said he never expected others to hold the same values or take the same measures that he had. Instead, he explained, &#8220;I was like, ‘This is what I do and if you want to do it, I’ll tell you how I did it.'&#8221;
But things changed when he biked to the Oscars — and his agents warned him that he should dial back the visible activism if he wanted to continue working. On the set of &#8220;The Pagemaster,&#8221; the actor added that producers had pulled him aside, worried he might object about filming a scene in which he had to drive a car.
&#8220;They [agents] said, &#8216;You’ve got to back off a little bit because, you know, it’s hard to get you a job,'&#8221; he said.
It wasn&#8217;t until Christopher Guest cast him in &#8220;Best In Show&#8221; that he started working regularly again — landing roles in &#8220;Arrested Development&#8221; and &#8220;Better Call Saul&#8221; — and he said that the irony was that his activism was what had allowed him to manage while the money wasn&#8217;t flowing in.
&#8220;Bills are very low because of all the stuff I did,” he explained. “I grow a lot of my own food, I collect my rainwater, I have my own electricity, I heat my water with the sun. All of it makes for a very inexpensive life,&#8221; he said.
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In addition to his recent work on television, the actor has written a memoir that&#8217;s due out in October — and in it, he calls on people not to do what he&#8217;s done, but to do what they can when they can.
&#8220;Just do what you can, Whatever you can afford, do it today,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You know it’s not all or nothing, you do what you can.&#8221;

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Last week, Pope Benedict XVI died at the age of 95, nearly a decade after stepping down as head of the Catholic Church. His life was marked by adherence to a belief in an eternal truth above all. As he stated in a 2008 meeting with Catholic educators at the Catholic University of America, “Truth means more than knowledge: knowing the truth leads us to discover the good….[W]e observe, with distress, the notion of freedom being distorted. Freedom is not an opting out. It is an opting in – a participation in Being itself. Hence authentic freedom can never be attained by turning away from God.”
There is a truth; that truth must be pursued; the only substitute for truth is falsehood. Human beings have sussed out eternal truths over the course of millenia, and to discard those truths in favor of subjectivism is crippling. Those eternal truths are rooted in the belief that God made us in His image; that He granted us roles and responsibilities; and that true freedom lies in making choices within the boundaries of those roles and responsibilities.
What happens when we discard those truths?
Disaster strikes.
First we lose belief in something Higher; then we lose belief in ourselves.
We are seeing the consequences of this two-step process before us in real time.
In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt spelled out what happens when we turn our gaze inwards rather than outward. Generation Z, he said, has been sucked into a vortex of narcissism and jealousy and isolation. According to Haidt, there has “never been a generation this depressed, anxious and fragile.” For girls, particularly, replacement of roles with constant self-assessment has been a pathway to hell: “You post your perfect life, and then you flip through the photos of other girls who have a more perfect life, and you feel depressed.” The new cultural ideology “valorizes victimhood. …You’re not going to take chances, you’re going to ask for accommodations, you’re going to play it safe, you’re not going to swing for the fences, you’re not going to start your own company.”
Civilizationally, the loss of inherited wisdom and traditional values has resulted in new, ersatz gods to worship. The most obvious god is the pantheistic god of nature, revenging itself on us for our capitalist excesses. Why else would “60 Minutes” feature widely-discredited false green Paul Ehrlich, author of “The Population Bomb”? Ehrlich famously stated in 1968 that billions would die of starvation in the 1970s and 1980s; now, half a century later, he explains, “Humanity is not sustainable. To maintain our lifestyle (yours and mine, basically) for the entire planet, you’d need five more Earths. Not clear where they’re gonna come from.”
Never mind that Ehrlich is wrong. The real question is why he is still respected. The answer, of course, is that every religion requires its prophets, and the neo-paganism of environmental catastrophism is no exception.
As the West loses its links with traditional wisdom, it breaks loose of its philosophical moorings. The consequences will be dire, unless those moorings are reinforced. And they can only be reinforced by those who have the courage to defend eternal truths – not merely hide behind the tolerance of pluralism, a repository for the cowardice of conservatives who correctly stand with free speech but incorrectly think that stance sufficient to win the day.
In the end, either the truth will win out, or it will be destroyed. As Pope Benedict XVI told the Bishops of the United States in 2012, “The Church in the United States is called, in season and out of season, to proclaim a Gospel which not only proposes unchanging moral truths but proposes them precisely as the key to human happiness and social prospering.” Defenders of traditional values of all stripes are called to the same quest.

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