{"id":1004243,"date":"2021-11-12T16:58:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T21:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1004243"},"modified":"2021-11-12T16:58:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T21:58:30","slug":"morris-hunter-biden-advised-dad-to-have-empathy-at-climate-summit-where-super-polluter-china-signed-face-saving-agreement-with-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morris-hunter-biden-advised-dad-to-have-empathy-at-climate-summit-where-super-polluter-china-signed-face-saving-agreement-with-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Morris: Hunter Biden Advised Dad to Have \u2018Empathy&#039; at Climate Summit \u2014 Where Super-Polluter China Signed Face-Saving Agreement with America"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmorris-hunter-biden-advised-dad-to-have-empathy-at-climate-summit-where-super-polluter-china-signed-face-saving-agreement-with-america%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1004243&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236293879-hunter-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The U.S. and China struck a hollow agreement Wednesday on environmental \u201ccooperation\u201d at the COP26 summit, the same day President Biden revealed his Chinese business tycoon son advised him on how to approach the global climate conference \u2014 a symbolic display of the ways the president\u2019s apparent corruption has tied his hands on what he claims are his top priorities.<\/p>\n<p>The<span class>&nbsp;<\/span><a class title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/u-s-china-joint-glasgow-declaration-on-enhancing-climate-action-in-the-2020s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">declaration<\/a><span class>&nbsp;<\/span>would appear to be just a gesture, but the announcement is that China and the U.S. will \u201ccooperate\u201d to reduce methane emissions, phase out coal consumption by 2030, and protect forests.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The statement on the agreement says the two nations pledged \u201cto work individually, jointly, and with other countries during this decisive decade,<span class>&nbsp;<\/span><span class>in accordance with different national circumstances<\/span>, to strengthen and accelerate climate action and cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following a<span class>&nbsp;<\/span><a class title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/15\/emails-reveal-how-hunter-biden-tried-to-cash-in-big-with-chinese-firm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">number of reports<\/a><span class>&nbsp;<\/span>exposing in painful detail the President\u2019s links to his son Hunter\u2019s business engagements (in the Chinese energy industry!), it is impossible to assess any deal made in the Big Guy\u2019s name with the CCP without considering his personal implications.<\/p>\n<p>But this deal is unique, in that Biden revealed in remarks Wednesday that his scandal-scarred son actually provided advice on how to engage with the conference.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was being reminded by my son Hunter when I was trying to get the COP26 \u2014 what\u2019s going on over in Europe on the environment \u2014 together, it makes a lot of difference. All empathy is looking at you and understanding what you\u2019re worried about,\u201d Biden said during remarks at the funeral of former Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner.<\/p>\n<p>And empathy \u2014 for China \u2014 is exactly how the U.S. approached the deal.<\/p>\n<p>China is the largest, by far, polluter in the world, with emissions exceeding those of all other countries combined, and is showing no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 represented 27% of global output, with the U.S. next at 11% and India at 6.6%, a<span class>&nbsp;<\/span><a class title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/rhg.com\/research\/chinas-emissions-surpass-developed-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rhodium Group analysis<\/a><span class>&nbsp;<\/span>published this year showed.<\/p>\n<p><span class><a class title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/environment\/2021\/11\/09\/china-coal-output-climate-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Breitbart News reported<\/a><\/span><span class>&nbsp;<\/span>just this week, as the climate conference was underway, that China\u2019s coal output has reached \u201cthe highest level in recent years.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Further,<span class>&nbsp;<\/span><a class title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/10\/21\/climate-change-china-launches-all-out-coal-production-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Breitbart printed<\/a><span class>&nbsp;<\/span>in October that \u201cChina\u2019s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) reportedly ordered mine operators to \u2018produce as much coal as possible.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times also<span class>&nbsp;<\/span><a class title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwnytimescom\/2021\/10\/28\/business\/energy-environment\/china-coal-climate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a><span class>&nbsp;<\/span>last month that China has ramped up coal production to exceed that of all of Western European mines, in what the paper described as coming \u201cat tremendous cost to the global effort to fight climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cChina is expanding mines to produce 220 million metric tons a year of extra coal, a nearly 6 percent rise from last year. China already digs up and burns more coal than the rest of the world combined,\u201d adding that China \u201cwill generate enough electricity not only for its own people but also for the hundreds of global companies in China that churn out everything from consumer electronics to car parts,\u201d The Times continued.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in a bold move even for China, CCP chairman Xi Jinping submitted a written statement to the COP26 conference<span class>&nbsp;<\/span><a class title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3154422\/despite-not-going-cop26-president-xi-will-lay-out-chinas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">calling on developed nations<\/a><span class>&nbsp;<\/span>to \u201cfocus on concrete actions\u201d and do more on their part to combat climate change.<\/p>\n<p>And in this agreement, Washington is playing along with Beijing\u2019s charade, putting the U.S. on par with a nation whose emission levels have an<span class>&nbsp;<\/span><a class title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/ge.usembassy.gov\/chinas-air-pollution-harms-its-citizens-and-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exactly inverse correlation<\/a><span class>&nbsp;<\/span>with America\u2019s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The agreement also does little more than lend China cover for its disgusting and destructive environmental practices, allowing it to make vague \u201cpledges\u201d while taking no action to change its behavior, and with no proposed economic repercussions.<\/p>\n<p>Notable that the statement includes a caveat, \u201cin accordance with different national circumstances,\u201d seemingly in a nod to China\u2019s ongoing rapid urbanization.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Hunter Biden, whose advice the president admits to be taking on matters of global engagement, still owns 10% of a Chinese investment firm controlled by state entities, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<p>If Joe Biden was really concerned about climate change, he would bring manufacturing back to the U.S. \u2014 stopping China from using its industrial dominance to justify vast ecological abuses and create a global economic hostage situation to avoid any scrutiny of it.<\/p>\n<p><span class>But the Big Guy, along with most other political and corporate leaders, is hamstrung in pursuing his policy priorities by personal financial interest in the CCP\u2019s ascendance \u2014 rendering this deal, like countless previous others, just another ruling class performative exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. and China struck a hollow agreement Wednesday on environmental \u201ccooperation\u201d at the COP26 summit, the same day President Biden revealed his Chinese business tycoon son advised him on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1004243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1004243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1004243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1004243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}