Experts are warning that the state of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hawaii" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hawaii&#8217;s</a> ruling against oil companies is a &#8220;stalking horse&#8221; for effectively forcing Americans to live under the Green New Deal.
The warnings come as the U.S. Supreme Court <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/oil-majors-take-hawaii-court-climate-decision-to-supreme-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considers</a> taking up the case after the companies filed an appeal over the ruling. Some of the justices on the Hawaii Supreme Court have cited the &#8220;spirit of Aloha&#8221; in their rulings, which critics say is clear mockery directed at the U.S. Constitution.
The city of Honolulu claimed in its lawsuit that oil companies like Exxon and Chevron should pay billions of dollars because they were responsible for weather events that it claimed were caused by climate change, including sea level rise, heat waves, flooding, and global warming.
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hawaiis-big-oil-suit-stalking-horse-green-new-deal-push-nationwide-experts-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the oil companies initially appealed the ruling with the Hawaii Supreme Court, noting that federal law prevents states from shaping policies for all states.
Carrie Severino, president of Judicial Crisis Network (JCN), said &#8220;one rogue state court in Hawaii can’t dictate climate policy for the nation&#8221; and that &#8220;it’s Congress’ job to set national policy in this area.&#8221;
Former Arizona Solicitor General O.H. Skinner, the CEO of Alliance for Consumers, said that the ruling was &#8220;a stalking horse for the Green New Deal, with lefty enclaves looking to strong-arm progressive lifestyle choices onto an otherwise unwilling public by targeting industries that have yet to fall in line with the progressive ideal.&#8221;
&#8220;The hyper-ideological justices on the Hawaii Supreme Court seem to want to bankrupt fossil fuel companies and see this lawsuit as a magical key that unlocks unlimited power and a lot of money for progressive agendas,&#8221; Skinner said.
The report noted that Hawaii Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald has worked in collaboration with a hard-Left judicial advocacy group called the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) that exists to indoctrinate judges on &#8220;how to handle climate change litigation that comes before them.&#8221;
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Other justices on Hawaii&#8217;s top court have questioned the legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that &#8220;the Aloha Spirit inspires constitutional interpretation.&#8221;
Justices have also allowed their personal feelings to help dictate their rulings, including one who said in the ruling that in her &#8220;view,&#8221; climate change was &#8220;the most important issue facing all courts in the world at this point. It’s an existential threat.&#8221;
Skinner noted that the ruling that Hawaii wants will have a profound impact on Americans&#8217; ability to live, especially in the era of having to deal with high costs due to the inflation that President Joe Biden caused with his American Rescue Plan in early 2021.
&#8220;Honolulu’s proverbial ‘spirit of Aloha’ assault here, if left unchecked, will actually bore a hole in the pockets of Americans as it marches across industry after industry, increasing the costs of food, cars, travel, and all the other basic building blocks of the modern American life at a pace that everyday Americans won’t be able to afford,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This is the high court’s problem because it will have compounding impacts on everyday Americans who are already struggling to keep up with the rising costs just to live a decent life.&#8221;

Climate Activists Protest Outside The Annual White House Correspondents Dinner

Experts Warn Hawaii’s Extreme Climate Ruling Is A ‘Stalking Horse’ For Green New Deal

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New Mexico may be small in terms of population, but we are the second largest producer of oil. We punch well above our weight when it comes to American energy and that’s becoming a problem for President Joe Biden.
New <a href="https://powerthefuture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/FINAL-PTF-New-Mexico-Statewide-Survey.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polling data</a> show Biden’s support in our state plummeting. With an approval rating of just 41% and a disapproval rating of 57%, Biden finds himself 16 points underwater. This decline is particularly worrying for the President, given that he won New Mexico by a comfortable <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-faces-dire-disapproval-ratings-among-hispanics-in-state-he-won-big-in-2020-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10-point margin</a> during the 2020 election.
One of the significant concerns for Biden is the erosion of his support among Hispanics. While a 2022 poll indicated a 53% approval rating among the Hispanic community, that number has dropped dramatically to a mere 36% today. This marks a significant 17-point dip in less than two years. Keep in mind, Hispanics make up more of the population in New Mexico than in any other state. We are a minority-majority state. If they’re abandoning Biden here, they’re likely doing so in other states too.
The top issues of concern in New Mexico revolve around the economy, crime, illegal immigration, and the cost of living. Unfortunately for Biden, these are precisely the areas where he is failing to resonate with voters.
A particularly contentious issue is Biden&#8217;s complete embrace of the green agenda. Having worked in the natural gas industry for 30 years, this is personal for me. A staggering 54% of New Mexicans believe the oil and natural gas industry is the most crucial sector for the state&#8217;s economy, surpassing all other industries combined. Despite New Mexico being the nation&#8217;s second-largest oil producer, Biden often attacks this vital industry. Recently, his administration canceled all exports of liquefied natural gas, a devastating blow for our foreign buyers, our allies in Europe.
Adding insult to injury, the recent actions of President Joe Biden and New Mexico&#8217;s Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michelle-lujan-grisham" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michelle Lujan Grisham</a> regarding the imposition of regulations on natural gas production in our state are concerning to say the least. Despite New Mexico&#8217;s position as a national energy leader, these onerous rules seem to be aimed at hindering rather than promoting the industry that supports our state.
It is particularly disheartening to note that these regulations were announced by the Biden administration and Governor Grisham while they attended an elitist United Nations climate conference in Dubai. This exclusive gathering, held thousands of miles away from our state, hardly seems like an appropriate venue for discussing and implementing policies that will directly impact our energy industry.
Furthermore, the practical result of these regulations is effectively a tax on natural gas production. This additional financial burden on the industry can only serve to stifle growth and hinder job creation in our state. It is puzzling why our leaders would choose to impose such fees when New Mexico plays such a crucial role in meeting the nation&#8217;s energy needs.
Additionally, electric vehicles (EVs) have become a contentious topic in New Mexico. While Governor Grisham was on Biden’s shortlist for vice president and is pushing for EV mandates, it is evident that New Mexicans oppose such measures. A staggering 59% of voters oppose EV mandates, with 72% believing they will lead to increased costs. This opposition to EVs further compounds Biden&#8217;s difficulties in securing support from the citizens of New Mexico.
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If the economy is the primary concern, Biden&#8217;s pursuit of the green agenda is undoubtedly a major obstacle to overcome in this small state. With the majority of New Mexicans understanding the pivotal role that the oil and natural gas industry plays in their economy, the president&#8217;s attacks on this sector have been met with strong resistance. Furthermore, the push for EV mandates has faced overwhelming opposition, with voters expressing concerns over increased costs.
The results speak for themselves: what is important to the people isn’t important to Joe Biden. He could be focusing on policies that prioritize the state&#8217;s economic growth, address crime concerns, tackle illegal immigration effectively, and alleviate the rising cost of living, but his agenda won’t allow it.
Our little state is sending a big message to Joe Biden, but it’s doubtful he will ever listen.
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Senator David Gallegos (R) represents some of the most productive energy land in the entire country. He worked for over 30 years in the natural gas industry before being elected to the state legislature in 2013 where he continually fights for American energy independence, 2nd Amendment rights, and the Right-to-Life. Senator Gallegos proudly lives in the Permian Basin in the town of Eunice, New Mexico with his wife.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Daily Wire.

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

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

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

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

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President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-wants-credit-for-bidens-green-energy-agenda-let-her-have-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">green energy boondoggle</a> keeps getting bigger by the hundreds of billions of dollars, according to a new study.
On Friday, Just The News <a href="https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/bidens-green-agenda-cost-least-600-billion-more-projected-analysis-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that a new University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business model predicts that the cost of Biden&#8217;s oft-touted climate change bill — the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hey-neat-spend-1000-on-green-energy-and-the-feds-will-give-you-a-300-tax-credit-to-reduce-inflation-thanks-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inflation Reduction Act</a> — will now cost the U.S. taxpayers more than $1 trillion.
&#8220;The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) contained a range of climate and energy provisions that <a class="link" href="https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2022/8/12/senate-passed-inflation-reduction-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PWBM previously estimated</a> to cost $384.9 billion over 10 years,&#8221; Penn <a href="https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/estimates/2023/4/27/update-cost-climate-and-energy-inflation-reduction-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a press release. &#8220;Since that estimate, newer implementation details have emerged, and the fiscal year calendar has moved to start at FY2023. Our updated estimate for over 10 years (FY2023 – 2032) for just the climate and energy provisions is now $1,045 billion.&#8221;
Much of that comes from subsidizing the &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shocker-new-york-would-ban-gas-stoves-in-new-buildings-under-potential-budget-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">electrification of everything</a>,&#8221; as some have called it. Here&#8217;s exactly what that money will be going toward over the next 10 years:
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<li>Clean electricity/energy ($263 billion)</li>
<li>Clean Hydrogen ($49 billion)</li>
<li>Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage ($23 billion)</li>
<li>Advanced Manufacturing ($183 billion)</li>
<li>Clean vehicles ($393 billion)</li>
<li>Biofuels ($43 billion)</li>
<li>Energy efficiency ($28 billion)</li>
<li>Agriculture and forestry ($3 billion)</li>
<li>Energy grants and loans ($37 billion)</li>
<li>Air pollution ($22 billion)</li>
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Who will be in charge of doling that money out? Democratic lackey John Podesta. Will Podesta make sure that all of that money goes toward American companies? It doesn&#8217;t look likely. In March, he said that Chinese companies will have a big part to play in America&#8217;s energy future.
Even Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) took issue with Podesta over the comments.
&#8220;It is beyond irresponsible for someone speaking on behalf of the White House to not only condone but also advocate for sending American tax dollars to Chinese companies,&#8221; Manchin told Fox News. &#8220;That is not consistent with either the IRA or the CHIPS + Science Act, which had widespread bipartisan support due to concerns about Chinese supply chains.&#8221;
That Podesta would want to funnel U.S. tax dollars overseas to the Chinese Communist Party shouldn&#8217;t come as much of a surprise. Podesta is good friends with at least one CCP official, Fox News also <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-new-clean-energy-czar-highest-regard-ccp-official-called-friend" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in September 2022.
Other Democratic allies are lining up to make sure they take advantage of the government spending over the next decade. Twice-failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stacey-abrams-now-throwing-her-weight-around-with-group-advocating-gas-stove-regulations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">now working with Rewiring America</a>, a group that advocates the heavy regulation of gas stoves, arguing instead for electric appliances.
The founders of Rewiring America — Alex Laskey, Saul Griffith, and Ari Matusiak — have made significant money off government funding in the green energy sphere while advocating for policies that benefit their bottom dollar via the non-profit group.
“It’s a shocking amount of money that they’re hauling in with this scheme of theirs,” Tom Pyle, the president of the Institute for Energy Research, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stacey-abrams-now-throwing-her-weight-around-with-group-advocating-gas-stove-regulations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News. “I call it Big Green Inc. It is literally a business for these guys and they cloak themselves in the mantra of trying to save the planet. But, really, this is just very sophisticated self-dealing.”
It appears that the scheme now has more than a trillion reasons to continue, thanks to the seemingly never-ending price increase of the Inflation Reduction Act.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Biden’s Green Energy Boondoggle Keeps Getting Bigger

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-unveils-proposal-for-landmark-nationwide-crackdown-on-gas-cars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) and Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ed-markey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ed Markey</a> (D-MA) reintroduced the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/green-new-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Green New Deal</a>, a resolution which claims to solve <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/climate-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">climate change</a> within the next decade by drastically reshaping the American <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">economy</a>.
The text of the <a href="https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/gnd_resolution_-_042023.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> calls for the United States to meet all power demand through renewable and zero-emission sources, upgrade all existing buildings in the nation to achieve maximum energy efficiency, and overhaul the transportation system to remove carbon emissions to the greatest extent possible. The Green New Deal was initially proposed four years ago by the two lawmakers when Ocasio-Cortez entered Congress for the first time.
“When we first introduced the Green New Deal, we were told that our vision for the future was too aspirational. Four years later, we see core tenets of the Green New Deal reflected in the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest ever federal investment in fighting climate change, with a focus on creating good, green jobs. But there is still much, much more to do,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a <a href="https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-and-ocasio-cortez-reintroduce-green-new-deal-resolution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. “Today’s reintroduction marks the beginning of that process of strengthening and broadening our coalition, and of laying the policy groundwork for the next fight.”
The lawmakers said the Inflation Reduction Act, which allocated some $369 billion to climate and green energy initiatives, has a number of “shortcomings” with respect to “addressing health and racial justice, supporting sustainable and affordable housing, building a robust care economy, improving public transit, and investing in American education and schools.”
The version of the Green New Deal released on Thursday did not include a price tag, while the legislation introduced four years ago would have cost between $53 trillion and $94 trillion, according to an <a href="https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/the-green-new-deal-scope-scale-and-implications/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> from the American Action Forum. The text of the new resolution, however, claims that the package would help to prevent $1 trillion in damage to infrastructure and coastal real estate emerging from the effects of climate change.
“In the four years since we first introduced the Green New Deal, the tides of our movement have risen and lifted climate action to the top of the national agenda,” Markey added. “We succeeded in securing historic progress through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and now we have an obligation to honor the origins of that success.”
Other sponsors of the Green New Deal include prominent lawmakers such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
President Joe Biden <a href="https://joebiden.com/climate-plan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endorsed</a> the Green New Deal amid his campaign for the White House three years ago, asserting that the package is a “crucial framework for meeting the climate challenges we face.” Critics say that actions from the administration have since discouraged fossil fuel production, reducing the supply of affordable energy and stifling the economy.
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The White House has meanwhile <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/climate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">established</a> a “whole-of-government effort” to reduce carbon emissions and incentivize green energy production. Beyond the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, both of which allocated substantial funds for climate initiatives, regulators have introduced new emissions <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">rules</a> for household appliances such as gas stoves and proposed new vehicle emissions <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-unveils-proposal-for-landmark-nationwide-crackdown-on-gas-cars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">standards</a> to incentivize the adoption of electric cars.

House Democrats Reintroduce The Green New Deal Resolution

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Green energy has been a very hot topic for the last several years. Windmills and solar power have dominated the discussion. New York&#8217;s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has championed her Green New Deal. President Joe Biden’s inappropriately named Inflation Reduction Act served to only inject money into Mrs. Ocasio-Cortez’s green plans.
The truth that most supporters of “green energy” neglect is that you cannot have a serious conversation about green energy without discussing nuclear power.  
In 2021, 61% of “electricity generation came from burning coal, natural gas, or petroleum. Only 20% of the electricity in the U.S. came from renewables, mostly wind energy, hydropower, and solar energy … another 19% came from nuclear power,” per <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/29/why-isnt-the-us-electrical-grid-run-on-100percent-renewable-energy-yet.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNBC.</a>
Since nuclear power produces its energy via nuclear fission “rather than chemical burning, it generates baseload electricity with no output of carbon, the villainous element of global warming. Switching from coal to <a href="https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-nuclear-power-must-be-part-of-the-energy-solution-environmentalists-climate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nuclear power</a> is radically decarbonizing, since nuclear power plants release greenhouse gasses only from the ancillary use of fossil fuels during their construction, mining, fuel processing, maintenance, and decommissioning – about as much as solar power,” according to author and historian Richard Rhodes. In fact, a 2019 report from the International Energy Agency says “over the past 50 years, the use of <a href="https://www.iea.org/reports/nuclear-power-in-a-clean-energy-system" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nuclear power</a> has reduced CO2 emissions by over 60 gigatons – nearly two years’ worth of global energy-related emissions,”
In addition, nuclear power is extremely inexpensive. The <a href="https://encoreuranium.com/benefits-of-nuclear/benefits-of-nuclear-energy-for-the-environment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cost</a> of nuclear power was $35/MWh in 2018. This is “less than half the cost of coal- and gas-fired power plants.”  
Many people will argue that nuclear is dangerous and a threat to the world. Nothing could be further from the truth. To quote <a href="https://www.frontier-cf252.com/blog/nuclear-energy-advantages/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Gates</a>, not a Right-wing advocate, “nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.” In nuclear power’s history as an energy source, “there have only been three major incidents worldwide.” Three incidents against the “backdrop of 60 years of nuclear <a href="https://www.frontier-cf252.com/blog/nuclear-energy-advantages/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">production</a>, totaling more than 17,000 cumulative reactor years … in 33 nations.”
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Going 100% green is not practical. As <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-energy-land-use-economy/">Bloomberg</a> reports, in order to achieve President Biden’s goal of an emission-free grid by 2035, &#8220;the U.S. needs to increase its carbon-free capacity by at least 150%. Expanding wind and solar by 10% annually until 2030 would require a chunk of land equal to the state of South Dakota. By 2050, when Biden wants the entire economy to be carbon free, the U.S. would need up to four additional South Dakotas to develop enough clean power to run all the electric vehicles, factories and more.&#8221; Nuclear energy would require a much smaller footprint.  
In addition, there is enough energy in nuclear waste in the United States to “<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/02/nuclear-waste-us-could-power-the-us-for-100-years.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">power</a> the entire country for 100 years. The technology necessary to turn nuclear waste into energy is known as a nuclear fast reactor, and has existed for decades. For political and economic reasons, the technology has never been developed at commercial scale.” Imagine a source of energy where the waste can be recycled to create even more energy. Is there anything more green than that?
Is nuclear power the only answer? Certainly not. A balanced energy policy will include every available source: coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind, solar, and hydroelectric. If Mrs. Ocasio-Cortez and congress are serious about renewable and green energy, nuclear power must be a part of the plan.
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Jim Nelles is a Navy veteran and supply chain consultant based in Chicago. His articles have appeared in the Washington Examiner, Newsweek, Foxnews.com, and The Daily Wire. He has served as a chief procurement officer, chief supply chain officer, and chief operations officer for multiple companies.
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United States Army Secretary <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/bidens-army-secretary-were-not-woke-we-just-have-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christine E. Wormuth</a> took some heat via Twitter when she boasted on Thursday that the Army was prioritizing a plan to combat climate change.
Wormuth revealed that Fort Bragg, North Carolina, was home to the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/14/23167441/us-army-floating-solar-power-plant-floatovoltaics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">largest floating solar array</a> — solar panels that float on the surface of a body of water while tethered to the bottom — in the southeastern United States, and she argued that was proof of the military&#8217;s leadership when it came to climate change.
&#8220;A priority for me and our @USArmy is #resiliency in the face of climate change. At #FortBragg, we have the largest floating solar array in the Southeast United States,&#8221; Wormuth tweeted. &#8220;This is just one of many examples of how our Army #LeadsFromTheFront in climate innovation and adaptation.&#8221;
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A priority for me and our <a href="https://twitter.com/USArmy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USArmy</a> is <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/resiliency?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#resiliency</a> in the face of climate change. At <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FortBragg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FortBragg</a>, we have the largest floating solar array in the Southeast United States. This is just one of many examples of how our Army <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeadsFromTheFront?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LeadsFromTheFront</a> in climate innovation and adaptation.
&mdash; Secretary of the Army Christine E. Wormuth (@SecArmy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecArmy/status/1631291267538722817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Critics were quick to respond to Wormuth&#8217;s tweet, with a number arguing that the military should not be prioritizing climate action over combat readiness and preparing new recruits for potential future battles.
&#8220;This is completely and totally asinine, bordering on dangerous,&#8221; Army Ranger veteran Sean Parnell tweeted in response. &#8220;Just not much more to say about it &amp; if you can’t see why this is dangerous I can’t help you.&#8221;
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This is completely and totally asinine, bordering on dangerous.
Just not much more to say about it &amp; if you can’t see why this is dangerous I can’t help you. <a href="https://t.co/rRrA7prsBr">https://t.co/rRrA7prsBr</a>
&mdash; Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellUSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanParnellUSA/status/1632074891120844800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant Jessie Jane Duff reacted as well, tweeting, &#8220;China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are watching as the Secretary of the Army brags that her priority is fighting climate change. @SecArmy, your absurd focus is why the U.S. military was rated as weak, relative to the force needed to defend national interests &#8230;&#8221;
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China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are watching as the Secretary of the Army brags that her priority is fighting climate change. <a href="https://twitter.com/SecArmy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecArmy</a>, your absurd focus is why the U.S. military was rated as weak, relative to the force needed to defend national interests.… <a href="https://t.co/Ao8PXlTIQ0">https://t.co/Ao8PXlTIQ0</a>
&mdash; Gunnery Sergeant Jessie Jane Duff (@JessieJaneDuff) <a href="https://twitter.com/JessieJaneDuff/status/1632212812150996994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;How about learning how to win wars again? How about we train generals to do that at War College, and stop forcing male soldiers to march in high heels, giving the soldiers hazardous MRNA injections, and teaching them to use the correct pronouns. How about that, huh?&#8221; @DaddyWarpig <a href="https://twitter.com/DaddyWarpig/status/1632163580161425409" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wanted to know</a>.
&#8220;This is how we eventually will land ourselves in WWIII. Our enemies laughing their heads off and construing obsession with the climate change cult as a sign of weakness and lack of focus,&#8221; Ken Gardner added.
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This is how we eventually will land ourselves in WWIII. Our enemies laughing their heads off and construing obsession with the climate change cult as a sign of weakness and lack of focus. <a href="https://t.co/LJdyhzsY1s">https://t.co/LJdyhzsY1s</a>
&mdash; Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) <a href="https://twitter.com/KenGardner11/status/1632204716779134976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I know I am just a dumb retired Senior Enlisted guy, but I can think of 15,000 more important priorities for the Secretary of the Army than climate resiliency,&#8221; retired Navy SEAL Derrick Van Orden commented.
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I know I am just a dumb retired Senior Enlisted guy, but I can think of 15,000 more important priorities for the Secretary of the Army than climate resiliency. <a href="https://t.co/bGTb1wdYab">https://t.co/bGTb1wdYab</a> <a href="https://t.co/1ny0ll0N4N">https://t.co/1ny0ll0N4N</a>
&mdash; Derrick Van Orden (@derrickvanorden) <a href="https://twitter.com/derrickvanorden/status/1632156374372065281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Army Secretary Dragged For Prioritizing ‘Resiliency In The Face Of Climate Change’

Army Secretary Dragged For Prioritizing 'Resiliency In The Face Of Climate Change'

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Legacy media wants you to believe that the Right is in hysterics over some rumor that the Biden administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-misguided-agenda-natural-gas-group-shreds-biden-administration-for-weighing-gas-stove-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wants to ban gas stoves</a>. In fact, some are even alleging that conservatives started another fight in the culture war needlessly.
Yet the idea that the federal government wants to ban gas stoves didn&#8217;t <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/out-of-left-field-uscs-school-of-social-work-bans-the-word-field-because-its-racist-apparently" target="_blank" rel="noopener">come out of left field</a>, and it didn&#8217;t start this week.
In December, Richard Trumka Jr., the Senate-confirmed commissioner of the United States Consumer Protection and Safety Commission (CPSC), expressed his desire to eliminate the products from the market while telling like-minded individuals that the federal government could regulate the products so quickly with &#8220;enough public pressure.&#8221;
During a webinar titled &#8220;Pollution-free cooking for the holidays,&#8221; Trumka told the non-profit consumer advocacy group U.S. Public Interest Research Group (USPIRG) how the Biden administration is tackling the supposed dangers of gas stoves indoors.
Trumka, speaking with a group he said he calls on &#8220;without fail&#8221; for guidance on certain topics, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kir_VBo6XEA&amp;embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.dailywire.com%2F&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&amp;feature=emb_title" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>, &#8220;I think we need to be talking about regulating gas stoves — whether that&#8217;s drastically improving emissions or banning gas stoves entirely.&#8221;
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Banning gas stoves didn’t come out of left field. 
Here’s CPSC commissioner Richard Trumka, Jr. in December:
“We ought to keep that possibility of a [gas stove] ban in mind, as you follow along, because it&#39;s a powerful tool in our toolbox and it&#39;s a real possibility here.” <a href="https://t.co/GSfjwLJPPG">pic.twitter.com/GSfjwLJPPG</a>
&mdash; Tim Meads (@TimMeadsUSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimMeadsUSA/status/1613548054690291712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Trumka encouraged all participants &#8220;to keep that possibility of a ban in mind&#8221; while adding that regulatory authority is &#8220;a powerful tool in our toolbox and it&#8217;s a real possibility.&#8221;
To make that dream become a reality, Trumka informed USPIRG that the CPSC would be opening a public commenting period in March. Regularly, when a federal agency is considering a new regulatory rule, they invite the public — whether it be consumers, advocacy groups, or somebody else — to submit feedback and ideas that may help guide the rule-making decision before beginning the rule-finalizing process.
&#8220;Now, this public request for information is the first step in what could be a long journey towards regulating gas stoves, but I&#8217;m here to tell you that with enough public pressure, it doesn&#8217;t have to be,&#8221; Trumka <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kir_VBo6XEA&amp;embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.dailywire.com%2F&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&amp;feature=emb_title" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proclaimed</a>. &#8220;We could get a regulation on the books before this time next year.&#8221;
The son of the deceased union boss Richard Trumka Sr. admitted that it was a daunting task, given the slowness of the federal government, but pledged to barrel over any speed bumps with the help of anti-gas stove Americans.
&#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely possible,&#8221; he said of imposing new regulations within 12 months. &#8220;Just because the federal government isn&#8217;t known for moving quickly — doesn&#8217;t mean that it can&#8217;t happen. And my number one goal as a commissioner is to push our agency farther and faster than it has ever moved.&#8221;
Trumka, Jr. isn&#8217;t treating this as a personal pet project either.
In December, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Congressman Donald Beyer (D-VA) sent a joint letter &#8220;calling on the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to take swift action to protect Americans from gas stove pollution,&#8221; as summarized by USPIRG.
While the letter stopped short of suggesting the U.S. ban gas stoves, it did recommend at least considering heavy regulation of the products.
It should be noted that controversy gained steam this week when Trumka stated in a recent interview that &#8220;any option is on the table&#8221; regarding the indoor cooking appliance. But, as the video from late last year shows, that was not some off-the-cuff remark for Trumka. It is a serious potential policy &#8220;solution&#8221; for him.
So rather than looking at the fact that it was the Biden administration and elected Democrats who started this assault on gas stoves, media outlets are claiming that there is no reason for concern.
Leftists point to the fact CPSC Chair Alex Hoehn-Saric said, &#8220;I am not looking to ban gas stoves and the CPSC has no proceeding to do so&#8221; as evidence that this couldn&#8217;t become a reality.
Yet just because Hoehn-Saric feels that way doesn&#8217;t mean that others with authority, such as Trumka, aren&#8217;t seriously considering it.
It seems the Biden administration can technically say there&#8217;s &#8220;no proceeding&#8221; to ban gas stoves because the public comment period hasn&#8217;t started yet.  Again, that period is set to start in March, and then the official rule-making process begins.
Regardless, outlets such as Axios are <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/01/12/gas-stoves-conservative-backlash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writing</a>, &#8220;Despite official insistence that fears of a ban are unfounded, conservatives are suddenly championing gas stoves in a new culture war.&#8221;
Yet those fears aren&#8217;t unfounded, and it wasn&#8217;t conservatives who shot the opening salvo in this latest debate. It was folks like Trumka who voiced his desire to hear from advocates who want to ban gas stoves or heavily regulate otherwise so that the feds can get to it as quickly as possible.
PS: Isn&#8217;t it bad journalism for Axios to simply take &#8220;official insistence&#8221; at face value? That&#8217;s assuming they want to partake in journalism at all and not run cover for the Democrats.
The full video of Trumka&#8217;s December webinar remarks can be seen here:
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Biden Admin In December: ‘Banning Gas Stoves Entirely … It’s A Real Possibility Here’

Biden Admin In December: 'Banning Gas Stoves Entirely ... It's A Real Possibility Here'

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Billionaire entrepreneur John Paul DeJoria cautioned on Friday that the push toward <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/climate-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">renewable energy</a> cannot occur overnight without serious <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">economic</a> consequences.
During an <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/billionaire-entrepreneur-warns-perils-going-green-fast-cant-take-nation-knees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with Fox Business, the co-founder of John Paul Mitchell Systems explained that the United States used to be “totally sufficient when it comes to energy,” but is experiencing headwinds from the rapid transition toward green sources.
“No disrespect to those who want to go green. I want to go green, I wave the green flag, but you can’t do it overnight,” he explained. “You’ve got to adjust to it over time and not take a nation almost to its knees because you want to go green immediately.”
DeJoria, who was homeless before successfully launching his hair product empire, added that the transition ought to be led by the private sector. “It’s got to be done as a business person would,” he remarked. “Here’s the oil and gas consumption, here’s what we want to do, and let’s gradually get into it.”
The remarks come as European nations, many of which heavily regulate oil and gas production, contend with soaring energy costs amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Several countries, including Spain and France, have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/french-president-calls-for-10-cut-in-energy-use-will-ration-power-as-a-last-resort" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested</a> that their citizens slash energy consumption by reducing reliance upon air conditioning and heating systems. The European Union, in accordance with the European Green Deal and the Paris Climate Agreement, abides 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.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/european-union-social-market-economy-might-redistribute-fossil-fuel-profits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that she would propose standards for European Union member states to reduce “overall electricity consumption” funded by redistributing profits from energy companies. Russian shipments constituted 40% of the European natural gas supply last year, although the rate has since dropped to 9%.
In the United States, officials in the Biden administration have contended that higher energy prices will compel the market to more quickly adopt green power. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said during a recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-country-controls-the-wind-and-the-sun-janet-yellen-touts-hundreds-of-billions-in-climate-spending" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speech</a> that “no country controls the wind and the sun,” meaning producers “can harness those sources of energy” to “make their economies more resilient and secure.” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg similarly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pete-buttigieg-tells-americans-how-they-can-channel-their-pain-at-the-pump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarked</a> that “the more pain we are all experiencing from the high price of gas, the more benefit there is for those who can access electric vehicles.”
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/americas-top-banking-ceo-unleashes-on-the-biden-admin-were-getting-energy-completely-wrong" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rebutted</a> such arguments by noting that developing nations such as India, China, and the Philippines revert to coal power when oil and natural gas prices begin to rise, resulting in more emissions. “I think we’re getting energy completely wrong, which is, you know, ever since this war started, you know that Europe is going to have a problem,” he said during a recent interview. “And that it was pretty predictable that Putin was going to cut off some gas and some oil, and oil prices would go up.”
The White House is nevertheless pursuing a “whole-of-government approach to put climate change at the center of our domestic, national security, and foreign policy,” according to a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/01/27/remarks-by-president-biden-before-signing-executive-actions-on-tackling-climate-change-creating-jobs-and-restoring-scientific-integrity/#:~:text=It%27s%20a%20whole%2Dof%2Dgovernment,We%27re%20bold." target="_blank" rel="noopener">speech</a> delivered by President Joe Biden days after his inauguration. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, an entity in the Treasury Department charged with regulating and supervising banks, <a href="https://www.ots.treas.gov/news-issuances/news-releases/2022/nr-occ-2022-110.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recently tapped</a> a new chief climate risk officer.

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The Department of Energy&#8217;s Inspector General is reviewing why the Joe Biden administration gave promising battery technology, developed by taxpayer dollars, to a Chinese company instead of making the batteries in the U.S.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-family-sought-to-make-money-by-giving-china-preferential-access-to-us-energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a> is now reportedly building one of the largest battery grids in the world using the technology, which could store huge amounts of solar energy without degrading over time or requiring lithium, mitigating a major environmental impact of current green technology that ends up in landfills.
In 2021, there was an &#8220;illicit Department of Energy (DOE) transfer of a fifteen million dollar, taxpayer-funded advanced battery technology to China,&#8221; Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) wrote in a <a href="https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/4F5B0769-8175-4481-BEB8-72D8F4C42ADD" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to the DOE&#8217;s internal watchdog.
The company that received the license &#8220;plainly stated on their official website that they planned to manufacture the batteries in China,&#8221; even though the license included &#8220;a requirement that the batteries be &#8216;substantially manufactured&#8217; in the U.S. As these stipulations were continuously violated, DOE never raised any concern,&#8221; they wrote.
&#8220;We are concerned that this is an overt dereliction of duty by DOE, and that this case may be emblematic of a department that routinely and flippantly permits government-funded technology to be transferred to China,&#8221; the senators concluded.
In response, Inspector General Teri L. Donaldson replied this month that &#8220;we are conducting a thorough review of this matter.&#8221;
In August, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/1114964240/new-battery-technology-china-vanadium" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NPR</a> reported that U.S. government-funded scientists working at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory had developed the &#8220;vanadium redox flow battery,&#8221; which could store enough energy to power a house and last for 30 years. The technology would make it easier to rely on solar power.
The U.S. government holds the patent on the technology, and in 2012, it licensed it to Gary Yang, one of the scientists who helped develop it, so that he could commercialize it. He launched a firm called UniEnergy Technology, but it ran into funding problems, NPR reported.
In 2017, Yang — an American citizen who was born in China — obtained a sublicense from the DOE to allow a Chinese firm to make the batteries. In 2021, he transferred the license outright to a Dutch company called Vanadis Power, which said it would make the batteries in China but eventually move production to Europe to comply with European rules.
America had those rules too, but seemed less strict about enforcing them. On July 7, 2021, UniEnergy emailed a government manager at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to request approval to transfer the license to Vanadis, and within 90 minutes, the government granted approval, even though Vanadis&#8217; website said it would make the batteries in China.
Unnamed DOE officials told NPR they often rely on &#8220;good faith disclosures&#8221; — in other words, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nigerian-prince-alert-feds-coronavirus-loan-program-paid-1-billion-to-people-who-applied-from-other-countries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">honor system</a>.
But an American company, Forever Energy, told NPR that they had been telling the DOE that the license was out of compliance, only to be shrugged off.
After questions from NPR, the DOE revoked the license, potentially freeing it up for an American company like Forever Energy.
But a Forever executive said now the U.S. is far behind, and that she doubts China will stop producing the technology simply because it no longer has the license.
Last month, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watchdog-to-probe-irs-after-hundreds-of-employees-failed-to-pay-taxes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ernst</a> said that taxpayer-funded tech breakthroughs routinely end up in the hands of China, and that a confidential Department of Defense report went so far as to say “China, not the U.S., is the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/military-report-says-china-is-stealing-federally-funded-technology-research-according-to-u-s-senator">ultimate beneficiary</a> of DoD and other [U. S. Government] research investments.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/500000-national-science-foundation-grant-produced-paper-saying-science-is-racist">$500,000 National Science Foundation Grant Produced Paper Saying Science Is Racist</a>

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The U.S. Government Developed A Key Green Technology. The Biden Admin Gave It To China.

The U.S. Government Developed A Key Green Technology, But The Biden Admin Gave It To China

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Joni Ernst

As green energy is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-was-right-world-leaders-were-wrong-russia-just-cut-off-germanys-fuel-supply-whos-laughing-now">failing around the world,</a> Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) is claiming credit for the Democratic Party&#8217;s embrace of climate change chicanery as found in President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden&#8217;</a>s legislative agenda.
In a recent interview with GQ, AOC <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-october-cover-profile?utm_brand=gq&amp;mbid=social_twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_social-type=owned" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the men&#8217;s magazine that it was a “bittersweet” moment watching Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) give speeches in 2021 addressing carbon dioxide emissions.
“Here were these two very powerful individuals, very powerful men, delivering speeches that were basically in their content and in their substance just complete Green New Deal framing,” AOC said in reference to her signature climate change legislation.
“I’m listening and I literally know that if I say and read that same exact speech, it is treated not just by the right but by my own party as radical, impossible, flippant, uninformed,” she lamented. “But now the president of the United States is saying it. And so it feels very powerful because I wrote a lot of those words. That he wouldn’t be invoking these frames if it wasn’t for the work of movements and what we pushed.”
Lori Lodes, executive director of Climate Power, opined that the $369 billion given toward green energy and other progressive environmental goals included in the Inflation Reduction Act was because of AOC&#8217;s efforts.
“The only reason this is happening,” she said of the spending, “is directly because of AOC and young people rising up and speaking out and demanding.”
That money will be <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/climate/john-podesta-climate-biden.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" target="_blank" rel="noopener">steered</a> to certain companies and organizations by Democrat John Podesta, a fierce partisan. In other words, Podesta — not the free market — will be picking winners and losers.
Under the Obama administration, when similar efforts were tried, Americans wound up with hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-proves-he-learned-nothing-from-obamas-green-failure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">heading</a> toward disasters like Solyndra.
The bill also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hey-neat-spend-1000-on-green-energy-and-the-feds-will-give-you-a-300-tax-credit-to-reduce-inflation-thanks-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offers tax credits for things</a> like spending thousands of dollars on new windows or buying government-approved electric vehicles — you just have to spend tens of thousands of dollars to take advantage of those offerings.
“The problem isn’t the size of the credit or even EVs themselves. The real problem is politicians attempting to force a transition to energy sources they prefer, having no inhibitions about the arrogance of such a central planning scheme, the restrictions it imposes on freedom, or the trade-offs, limitations, and collateral damage those policies cause at Americans’ expense,” the Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Katie Tubb <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/08/03/washington-knows-best-what-car-you-should-drive-electric-vehicles-seriously" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a>.
Indeed, America can see a glimpse of what that sort of “central planning scheme” looks like by taking a peek into California.
California recently banned the sale of new gasoline cars by 2035. Just days later, California <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-asks-residents-to-avoid-charging-electric-vehicles-due-to-blackout-risk-days-after-unveiling-new-gas-car-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested</a> that residents refrain from charging their electric vehicles during certain times due to a heatwave and strain on the electrical grid.
On Tuesday, California leaders <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/newsom-urges-californians-to-turn-up-thermostats-as-heat-wave-tests-energy-grid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged</a> residents to keep their home air-conditioning units set to 78 degrees or higher to avoid blackouts during specific times. The Golden State wants everybody to switch to electric cars, yet it can&#8217;t explain how its grid will hold up once everybody does as it struggles under the current reality.
Yet for some reason, Biden&#8217;s Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm wants California to be the model when it comes to electric vehicles.
“California has gotten more used to electric vehicles and we have to bring down the price of electric vehicles so that everybody can access them,” she recently <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfCazCFKb5w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> while touting the aforementioned tax credits — which don&#8217;t even begin until 2024.
There&#8217;s also evidence that Biden&#8217;s Inflation Reduction Act legislation will jack up the cost of fuel as it <a href="https://www.heritage.org/budget-and-spending/commentary/7-ways-inflation-reduction-act-would-wallop-your-wallet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increases</a> costs in the oil industry.
So, if AOC wants to take credit for a bill that doesn&#8217;t exactly help Americans buy electric vehicles, will more likely than not result in crony capitalism, and works to create an electric grid that buckles under heat like California&#8217;s — let her have it.
If the Democratic Party wants to say it was the party&#8217;s idea, that works too.
At least Americans will know who to blame for the pending economic and energy disaster signed into law by Biden.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Joe Biden

AOC Wants Credit For Biden’s Green Energy Agenda. Let Her Have It.

AOC Wants Credit For Biden's Green Energy Agenda. Let Her Have It.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is, without a doubt, one of the Democratic Party’s rising stars. 
With 13.2 million followers on Twitter, she appears to carry more grassroots influence than some of the most well-known politicians on the Left — including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and fellow “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
Despite her popularity with the progressive base, researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia <a href="https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/aoc-among-most-ineffective-lawmakers-in-congress-according-to-study-664063">found</a> that in terms of garnering support for and passing legislation, she is one of the least effective lawmakers in Washington.
When one examines her proposals, there is no mystery as to why this is the case.
<h4>The Green New Deal</h4>
The Green New Deal (GND) — a plan that would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/warren-ocasio-cortezs-93-trillion-green-new-deal-does-not-go-far-enough">tackle climate change</a> by ending fossil fuel usage — has a price tag of <a href="https://www.americanactionforum.org/daily-dish/an-initial-analysis-of-the-green-new-deal/">$93 trillion</a>. 
The Green New Deal’s measures extend far beyond the issue of climate. As the American Action Forum <a href="https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/the-green-new-deal-scope-scale-and-implications/">details</a>, the plan includes “a 10-year transition to an exclusively low-carbon energy electricity grid” and “enough high-speed rail transit available that air travel becomes unnecessary” — but also slips in leftist policy goals like “union jobs with a family-sustaining wage,” “adequate family and medical leave, paid vacations, and retirement security to all people of the United States,” “universal health care,” “guaranteed housing for every American,” and “food security for every person in the United States.”
The legislation would attempt to meet all of the power demand in the United States “through clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources” within the next decade. In order to accomplish ubiquitous green energy usage in such a short time frame, the legislation suggests “upgrading all existing buildings in the United States and building new buildings to achieve maximum energy efficiency” and “overhauling transportation systems in the United States to remove pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.”
Why the short time frame? Because Ocasio-Cortez <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ocasio-cortez-i-was-joking-about-world-ending-12-amanda-prestigiacomo'">asserted</a> that the world “is gonna end in twelve years” if Americans do not address climate change. After conservatives called out the absurdity of her statement, however, the lawmaker insisted that she was merely employing “dry humor” and “sarcasm.”
<h4>Civilian Climate Corps</h4>
More recently, Ocasio-Cortez suggested that Congress build a $70 billion “Civilian Climate Corps.” 
Weighing in at 0.075% of the Green New Deal’s size, the Civilian Climate Corps (CCC) comparatively seems like a bargain. However, the legislation would<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-is-shoving-a-70-billion-civilian-climate-corps-bill-through-congress"> employ</a> at least 1.5 million Americans — a population larger than the United States’ total active military force — to “complete federally-funded projects that help communities respond to climate change and transition to a clean economy.”
Each “corpsmember” would receive a salary between $25,000 and $50,000 through 2025. Since the bill would favor hiring from “labor groups,” taxpayers can be certain that the new positions would exist until the end of all creation — or, for the next twelve years. Whichever comes first.
“The CCC would put 1.5 million young people to work strengthening our communities and preserving our lands — doing everything from remediating blight and maintaining trails to creating entirely new green spaces,” Ocasio-Cortez remarked. “The program also provides the support needed to turn this work into a career path — including childcare, eldercare and tax-free educational grants to be used for student loan debt payments or higher education.”
The CCC sounds an awful lot like a miniaturized GND.
<h4>Ban Fracking Act</h4>
Though likewise tame in the light of the Green New Deal, Ocasio-Cortez has suggested the outright abolition of fracking.
The <a href="https://soto.house.gov/media/press-releases/soto-ocasio-cortez-sanders-merkley-unveil-bill-ban-fracking-nationwide">Ban Fracking Act</a> of 2020 would “institute an immediate federal ban on all new federal permits for fracking-related infrastructure and a ban on fracking within 2,500 feet of homes and schools by 2021,” then “ban fracking nationwide” starting in 2025. Breadwinners who work in the fossil fuel industry would be placed into “good-paying jobs in the communities in which they live as the United States moves quickly to an energy system based on sustainable energy and energy efficiency.”
“The science is clear: fracking is a leading contributor to our climate emergency. It is destroying our land. It is destroying our water and it is wreaking havoc on our communities&#8217; health,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “We must do our job to protect our future from the harms caused by the fracking industry and its methane emissions.”
Despite lofty promises from progressives seeking to upend the nation’s energy infrastructure, promises of booming growth and new jobs never seem to materialize. Reporters once <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/peter-doocy-blasts-jen-psaki-when-do-union-workers-get-their-green-jobs">asked</a> former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki where employees from the canceled Keystone Pipeline could receive their promised green energy jobs. A year and a half later, those employees are doubtlessly still not holding their breath.
<h4>H.Res.666</h4>
Ocasio-Cortez’s <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/666/titles?r=70&amp;s=1">H.Res.666</a> — an identifier that should automatically be imputed to all Democrat-proposed legislation — would lead the House of Representatives into ratifying the United Nations Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.
Stating that poverty and inequality are “choices made by people in power” instead of “inevitables,” the resolution <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hres666/text">asserts</a> that the United States must be “held accountable by Americans and the international community for ensuring these rights for all Americans.” 
Unsurprisingly, the United Nations’ Covenant <a href="https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&amp;mtdsg_no=IV-3&amp;chapter=4">reads</a> like another socialist wish list — even beyond the overtly Marxist framework upon which it is based. Among other items, the document declares “the right of everyone to form trade unions and join the trade union of his choice,” the necessity to provide “paid leave or leave with adequate social security benefits” for mothers, and the “progressive introduction” of free college education.
The Embrace Act
Ocasio-Cortez’s “Embrace Act” would guarantee all existing federal benefits be made available to illegal immigrants.
“Our nation must recognize that our history — immigrants, enslaved peoples, and refugees built this country,” the lawmaker’s website says. “We all do better when we create a just society that embraces our most vulnerable populations and paves a path to prosperity for all.”
To attain this end, Uncle Sam would be compelled to provide a wide menu of handouts to illegal immigrants — including “any retirement, welfare, health, disability, public or assisted housing, postsecondary education, food assistance, unemployment benefit, or any other similar benefit” available to American taxpayers. 
Ocasio-Cortez’s bill, which is unfair on paper, would be even more disastrous in practice. Within weeks of the Biden administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-border-crisis-sinks-to-worst-level-in-dhs-history-explodes-674-over-last-year">assuming</a> office — after months of promising to welcome migrants with open arms — the southern border saw a 674% year-over-year increase in illegal crossings.
The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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