{"id":1219104,"date":"2022-01-16T14:34:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T19:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1219104"},"modified":"2022-01-16T14:34:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T19:34:13","slug":"governors-using-federal-coronavirus-funds-to-fight-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governors-using-federal-coronavirus-funds-to-fight-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Governors Using Federal Coronavirus Funds to Fight \u2018Climate Change\u2019"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fgovernors-using-federal-coronavirus-funds-to-fight-climate-change%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=1219104&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--><p class=\"subheading\">States across the country have budget surpluses, including federal coronavirus stimulus payments, and many governors are using the money for projects to fight so-called climate change.<\/p>\n<p>The excess cash is also from tax collection and post-lockdown consumer spending, and governors of both red and blue states are directing funds to improve protection from extreme weather, which Democrats and the press blame on human activity and fossil fuels.<\/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<div id=\"attachment_19512522\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1348138351.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19512522 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1348138351-1024x673.jpg\" alt=\"SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 22: Governor Jay Inslee speaks at the ceremonial ribbon cutting prior to tomorrow&#039;s opening night for the Seattle Kraken the NHL&#039;s newest hockey franchise at the Climate Pledge Arena on October 22, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Bruce Bennett\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"673\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Gov. Jay Inslee speaks at the ceremonial ribbon cutting prior to tomorrow\u2019s opening night for the Seattle Kraken the NHL\u2019s newest hockey franchise at the Climate Pledge Arena on October 22, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Bruce Bennett\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/lmtribune.com\/northwest\/states-turn-to-budgets-to-fight-climate-change\/article_7f1bb172-28ee-5779-b612-dab9bd1c5fb2.html\">reported<\/a> on the development:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Democratic governors such as California\u2019s Gavin Newsom and Washington\u2019s Jay Inslee have been clear about their plans to boost spending on climate-related projects, including expanding access to electric vehicles and creating more storage for clean energies such as solar. Newsom deemed climate change one of five \u201cexistential threats\u201d facing the nation\u2019s most populous state when he rolled out his proposed state budget this past week.<\/p>\n<p>In Republican-led states, governors want to protect communities from natural disasters and drought, even as many of them won\u2019t link such spending to global warming. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey this past week pitched $1 billion for water infrastructure as drought grips the Western U.S., shriveling water supplies for cities and farms. Idaho Gov. Brad Little, who has acknowledged climate change\u2019s role in worsening wildfires, proposed $150 million for five years\u2019 worth of fire-fighting costs, plus more for new fire personnel. In South Carolina, Gov. Henry McMaster called on lawmakers to spend $300 million in federal money for, among other things, protecting the state\u2019s coastline against flooding, erosion and storm damage.<\/p>\n<p>Governors\u2019 proposals are just the first step in budget negotiations, and they\u2019ll have to work with state lawmakers on the final details. Many governors will issue their plans in the coming weeks, with some already telegraphing their priorities. New York\u2019s Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, used her state of the state address to call for $500 million in spending on offshore wind projects.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI can think of no more meritorious use of taxpayer funds than to protect these pristine properties for future generations of South Carolinians,\u201d McMaster said as he presented the South Carolina state budget, which includes some $17 million to respond to weather-related damage.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17593394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/08\/wi\/ap\/20\/vaccine-safety-horseshoe-crabs-south-carolina-gov-henry-mcmaster-holds-model-of-horseshoe-crab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17593394 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/08\/wi\/ap\/20\/vaccine-safety-horseshoe-crabs-south-carolina-gov-henry-mcmaster-holds-model-of-horseshoe-crab-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster holds a model of a horseshoe crab, whose blood is a vital component in the contamination testing of injectable medicines \u2013 including the coronavirus vaccines \u2013 at Charles River Labs on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo\/Meg Kinnard)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe climate crisis is not an abstraction. It is something that I and every governor in the United States, almost on a weekly basis, have to deal with,\u201d Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, said last week.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFrom extreme floods to megafires to seemingly never-ending ozone alerts, our state\u2019s long-term health is on the line. \u2026 We have to do everything in our power to make sure this is not the new normal,\u201d Democrat Colorado Senate Majority Leader Steve Fenberg said in the AP report.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom wants $22 billion for various projects to take place over the next five years, with the most going to electrifying school buses and expanding vehicle charging stations in low-income communities. Newsom also wants another $2 billion for \u201cclean energy\u201d development and storage.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom also wants to advance the \u201cclean energy\u201d political agenda by offering so-called \u201cgreen\u201d technologies tax credits.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has asked the state legislature to fund the creation of a \u201cclimate change bureau,\u201d with a 15-member staff and an initial $2.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>But these budgets don\u2019t reflect the importance fossil fuels continue to play in particularly western states\u2019 economies, including in New Mexico \u201cwhere the output of oil and natural gas has surged to an all-time high under Lujan Grisham\u2019s administration,\u201d AP reported. \u201cAt least one-fourth of the state\u2019s general fund budget can be traced to income from the oil and natural gas industries underwriting public education, health care and other services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Penny Starr on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>States across the country have budget surpluses, including federal coronavirus stimulus payments, and many governors are using the money for projects to fight so-called climate change. 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