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According to an email shared by Fox News Digital, the office of Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change (SPEC) John Kerry has filed multiple ties with left-wing environmental groups that appear to inform policy decisions. participated in the discussion.
According to documents obtained by the government watchdog Public Trust Protection (PPT) and shared with Fox News Digital, officials at the SPEC office recently met with non-governmental organizations such as the Sierra Club and the United Nations Foundation in December. We aimed to discuss the main topics. .
Documents obtained via RFI do not reveal similar conversations or meetings with fossil fuel energy groups or companies.
“Looking at the list of participants, you can see that there is a lot of interest in this conversation,” says Alden, a climate policy consultant and senior associate at the 3rd Generation Conservation Group, an environmental advocacy group. Meyer said in a May 2021 email to environmental groups and SPEC officials.
Meyer’s subject line was “Zoom Information and Topics for Tomorrow’s G7 Debate,” and the email included four SPEC officials whose names were redacted and the leaders of 13 environmental groups. The emails, which arrived just weeks before the G7 high-level meeting in the UK, included various topics the parties were planning to discuss during the virtual conference call.
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Among the topics, officials said the US endorses G7 statements to end funding for fossil fuel infrastructure, phase out sales of conventional gasoline vehicles, and phase out coal power generation. I was planning to discuss whether The conference call also included a conversation about whether the United States would coordinate global efforts to reduce methane emissions.
The email also showed the participants discussing a so-called “clean counteroffer” for the Chinese government’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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The exact impact of the policy debate is unclear, but President Biden announced a $200 billion countermeasure to the climate-first BRI in June, and the US made a global methane pledge at the UN Climate Summit in November. has been concluded. Biden has also set a goal of making at least 50% of all car sales electric by 2030, by August 2021.
In addition, a December 2021 email from Jake Schmidt, Managing Director of International Programs at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), indicated that several environmental groups have responded to requests from the SPEC office and the National Security Council (NSC). I made it clear that I was invited to the information session. I have an opinion about overseas fossil fuel finance.
Addressing other environmentalists on Dec. 16, 2021, Schmidt said, “We will send you a calendar invitation with details about Zoom, but we wanted to put this on your radar. …to brief the community on the International Energy Engagement Guidance.”
Emails were sent to leaders of Friends of the Earth, Oxfam, Sierra Club, Oil Change International, Climate Reality Project, World Resources Institute, Bank Information Center, RMI and Center for International Environmental Law. Transitioning from fossil fuel energy to green energy sources such as wind and solar.
Similar emails were not sent to industry groups that favor traditional forms of electricity like oil and natural gas, according to documents shared by Fox News Digital.
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‗Like the FOIA found that teachers’ unions exercised undue influence in shaping policy on reopening schools, these conversations show that large and powerful activist groups have It seems to indicate that we may be pushing for the same costly climate policy that we call countermeasures: ‘Green New Deal Light,'” PPT director Michael Chamberlain said on FOX News. told Digital.
“For an administration that claims to be guided by science, there are a number of indications that the views of political allies may be a greater driver of policy,” he continued. No wonder trust is rapidly declining.”
A State Department spokesperson directed Fox News Digital to the agency’s “requestor service center,” but responded to questions about emails and whether Kelly’s office was as involved as the Fossil Energy Group. didn’t answer.
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The email dump also revealed that the SPEC office prefers to keep its employees’ identities hidden. A previous Fox News Digital report indicated that SPEC officials had extensive ties to the same environmental groups the office consulted on policy.
The documents further indicated that officials had discussed keeping certain arguments off the “paper” that appeared to avoid scrutiny.