From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: LOL - State Dept Shutters John Kerry's Climate Office, Ending Biden's Green Obsession
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 02:42:21 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: NetKnow News
In article <MPG.4275b873bdc0446798bc35@news.eternal-september.org>,
AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>State Dept Shutters John Kerry's Climate Office, Ending Biden's Green Obsession
>
>Trump Admin Axes Biden-Era Climate Office John Kerry Used To Assault
>Fossil Fuels
>
>Good. Now, we don't have to watch lurch give us his yearly, "The World
>will end in 1984, 1990, 2000, 2008, 2014... 2030!"
>
>https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GpZCkMab0AA6KMb?format=jpg&name=large
>
>The State Department is formally removing the Office of the Special
>Presidential Envoy for Climate, the office former president
>Joe Biden created and appointed John Kerry to lead as part of his
>aggressive agenda to combat global warming, the Washington Free
>Beacon has learned. [emphasis, links added]
>
>In a statement to the Free Beacon, a senior State Department official
>confirmed the office has been shuttered, noting that its
>mission did not align with the Trump administration's agenda.
>
>Web pages for both the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for
>Climate and the State Department's initiatives relating to
>the environment were recently deleted.
>
>"This climate office has long been captured by ideology instead of
>common-sense policy. The new chapter of the State Department
>will not include this office," the official told the Free Beacon. "This
>is part of a broader effort to empower regional bureaus
>and embassies to effectively carry out diplomacy."
>
>The action is part of a broader effort the sprawling agency announced
>Tuesday morning to streamline its operations, save
>taxpayers money, and ensure it is capable of delivering on President
>Donald Trump's foreign policy agenda.
>
>"In its current form, the department is bloated, bureaucratic, and
>unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission," Secretary
>of State Marco Rubio said, adding that the agency has become "beholden
>to radical political ideology."
>
>And it signals the Trump administration's continued departure from the
>Biden-era approach to foreign policy that made climate
>change a centerpiece of its engagements with foreign nations.
>
>In one of his first actions leading the State Department, for example,
>Rubio initiated the immediate withdrawal of the United
>States from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, which he said undercut the
>nation's intention to become the world's most dominant
>energy producer.
>
>"The Trump Administration is focused on reducing the everyday cost of
>living for the American worker, not apologizing to foreign
>governments for unleashing America's energy dominance," a senior White
>House official told the Free Beacon.
>
>Overall, the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate was
>given an annual budget of nearly $17 million and a staff of
>about 30 officials during the Biden administration, according to
>documents obtained by watchdog group Protect the Public's Trust.
>
>In naming Kerry the first-ever special presidential envoy for climate,
>Biden gave him a seat on both the White House cabinet and
>National Security Council, and empowered him to spearhead international
>negotiations, engage directly with foreign heads of
>state, and lead American delegations at numerous global climate conferences.
>
>Kerry, who served in the role for three years between January 2021 and
>early 2024, used the position to wage an all-out assault
>on fossil fuels and aggressively push a transition to green alternatives
>like solar panels. Kerry also targeted the agricultural
>industry for its carbon footprint, leading to calls from dozens of
>lawmakers for Biden and then-agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack
>to disavow the comments.
>
>=====
>
>April:
>
>Impressive CA Snowpack
>
>Spring Snow For Sask
>
>Bumper Snowpack For New England
>
>Late-Season Storm Hits Saskatchewan
>
>UK Government to Fund Sun-Dimming Experiments
>
>Iceland's Potato Harvest Hit By Cold, Wet
>
>Pacific Cooling
>
>Canadian Politics Ditches Climate Hype In Search For Votes
>
>Alps See Record-Breaking Late-Season Snowfall
>
>Arizona Snowbowl Buried
>
>Historic April Snowfall Hits Northern India
>
>Global Sea Ice Uptick
>
>Heavy Spring Snow Hits Northern Spain
>
>Alps Slammed By More Late-Season Snow
>
>100% Losses In Southern Ukraine
>
>New Study Finds Antarctica Glacier Growth
>
>Ireland's Peaks Dusted
>
>Rare April Snow Damages Orchards In Iran
>
>Accumulations For The Northeast
>
>Historic Late-Season Snowstorms Bury The Alps
>
>Rare April Snow Blankets Portugal's Peaks
>
>Solid Snow Year Across U.S. Resorts
>
>Turkey's Crops Crippled By Deep Freeze
>Cold Snap Persists In South Korea
>China Blizzards
>Cold Front Batters Northern China
>Seoul Sees First Mid-April Snow Since 1907
>April Snow Sweeps Ukraine
>Cyprus White With Snow
>Spring Snow Hits Ukraine
>Tenerife Dusted
>Iceland Shivers
>U.S. Resorts Blanketed From Tahoe to New England
>Mexico Chills
>Early Winter For New Zealand
>Spring Freeze Grips Eastern Europe
>Canada's Record April Cold
>Early Winter Across Antarctica
>Moscow Snow Reaches January Levels
>Toronto Freezes
>Greenland Spikes
>Cold Kills: The Amazon's Real Climate Threat
>Snowstorm And Deep Freeze Sweep Bulgaria
>Albania Hit
>Turkey Blanketed
>Greece Digs Out
>Big Gains On Greenland
>Record April Snow For New Mexico And Texas
>It's Snowing In Kosovo
>Spring Blizzards Hit Moscow
>Stellar Snow Year At Mt. Bachelor
>A Snowpack Above Average
>Seasonal Cold Forces Ukraine to Burn Through Remaining Gas Reserves
>Sixth Straight Day Below -70C
>are Spring Snow On Madeira
>Spring Blizzard Slams Northeast, Midwest, West, And Canada Also Hit
>Vostok At -73C
>Heavy Snow Pounds Hits Italian Peaks
>Spring Snow Slams North America
>Ice Storm Cuts Power To 400,000+ In Ontario
>Record Cold Streak In Antarctica
>Spring Delayed as Snow Blankets Otarou
>Flurries In Norway
>Record-Breaking Cold Grips Antarctica
>April Cold And Snow For U.S.
>
Why is this in can.politics ?
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