{"id":123148,"date":"2021-02-10T12:11:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=123148"},"modified":"2021-02-10T12:12:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:12:44","slug":"more-than-100-republicans-to-biden-reverse-devastating-climate-executive-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-100-republicans-to-biden-reverse-devastating-climate-executive-order\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than 100 Republicans To Biden: Reverse \u2018Devastating\u2019 Climate Executive Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fmore-than-100-republicans-to-biden-reverse-devastating-climate-executive-order%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=123148&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\/02\/GettyImages-1230821933.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>More than 100 members of Congress sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/republicans-naturalresources.house.gov\/uploadedfiles\/2021-02-09_federal_leasing_ban_executive_order.pdf\">letter<\/a> to President Joe Biden on Tuesday asking him to reverse his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/27\/executive-order-on-tackling-the-climate-crisis-at-home-and-abroad\/\">executive order on climate change<\/a>, calling it \u201cill-conceived\u201d and <em>\u201c<\/em>devastat[ing]\u201d to large parts of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did the order include the United States\u2019 re-entry into the Paris Agreement, but it also addressed domestic efforts to reduce the effects of climate change.&nbsp;Included in the group of 105 members who signed the letter were Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) and House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR).<\/p>\n<p>Their response argues that Biden\u2019s environmental strategy will damage the American economy further, noting how millions of Americans are already unemployed because of the harmful effects of COVID-19 on the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>The letter also details how Biden\u2019s plan will \u201chandicap\u201d environmental restoration programs by cutting off one of their main sources of funding for conservation: \u201crevenues from conventional energy production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s plan places \u201can indefinite moratorium on new oil and natural gas leases on federal lands and water,\u201d which Republicans explain includes energy and mineral development, both of which are \u201cthe largest source of revenues to the federal government after taxes.\u201d The letter adds that a large portion of the money that the federal government receives on these areas comes from \u201cbonus bids from lease sales.\u201d They claim that halting the ability to create new leases will increase the country\u2019s debt and \u201ccreate an opportunity cost in the billions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The executive order also \u201ccommits to the goal of conserving at least 30 percent of our lands and oceans by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans address this, as well, calling the percentage an \u201carbitrary 30% threshold\u201d and describing this act as a \u201cpledge to lock up\u201d a portion of the United States\u2019 land and water. They describe how \u201cconserving our beautiful public lands and waters is a goal we all share,\u201d&nbsp; but include that the \u201crich resources\u201d of the country can be used in \u201csafe, ecologically conscious ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They argue that limiting U.S. energy production as Biden proposes \u201cwill all but ensure that U.S. demand instead be met by oil and gas from countries with lesser environmental standards,\u201d arguing that the pollution caused by this process will increase. The letter concludes by saying that \u201cenergy production and environmental protections are not mutually exclusive\u201d and calls on Biden to work with Republicans on new policy.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the executive order was signed in January, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollcall.com\/2021\/01\/27\/gop-plans-to-use-biden-action-on-climate-against-house-democrats-from-energy-states\/\">Roll Call<\/a> reported that Republicans will likely use Biden\u2019s actions on climate change to win seats in the 2022 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>The National Republican Congressional Committee spread a memo first obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollcall.com\/2021\/01\/27\/gop-plans-to-use-biden-action-on-climate-against-house-democrats-from-energy-states\/\">CQ Roll Call<\/a> that referred to polling from the 2020 election in which voters in \u201cbattleground\u201d districts suggested they would be \u201cless likely to support Democrats after hearing that they \u2018supported the Green New Deal,\u2019 \u2018had repeatedly voted against the oil and gas industry\u2019 or \u2018voted to allow future presidents to ban fracking.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A full list of signatories on the Republicans\u2019 letter to Biden can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/republicans-naturalresources.house.gov\/newsroom\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=409461\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 100 members of Congress sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Tuesday asking him to reverse his executive order on climate change, calling it \u201cill-conceived\u201d and \u201cdevastat[ing]\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893079,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,4321,3826,3756,4801,6148],"class_list":["post-123148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-climate","tag-more","tag-republicans","tag-reverse","tag-than"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123148","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}