{"id":1612840,"date":"2022-08-18T10:57:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T14:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1612840"},"modified":"2022-08-18T10:57:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T14:57:48","slug":"incongruities-in-morality-bidens-climate-activist-allies-arent-happy-with-massive-spending-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/incongruities-in-morality-bidens-climate-activist-allies-arent-happy-with-massive-spending-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Incongruities In Morality\u2019: Biden\u2019s Climate Activist Allies Aren\u2019t Happy With Massive Spending Bill"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fincongruities-in-morality-bidens-climate-activist-allies-arent-happy-with-massive-spending-bill%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=1612840&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>Activists on President Joe Biden\u2019s environmental justice council are frustrated by what they consider to be concessions to the oil and gas industry included in the Democrats\u2019 huge climate spending bill, according to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>Two members of the White House\u2019s \u201cenvironmental justice\u201d council are complaining that fossil fuel provisions outweigh the impact of $369 billion that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/inflation_reduction_act_of_2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bill<\/a> puts towards green energy and environmental justice programs, Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/08\/18\/weve-been-sold-out-enviro-justice-advocates-slam-bidens-climate-compromise-00052048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. The activists argue that provisions to auction federal lands for drilling, as well as pipeline permitting reform and funding for carbon capture technology, will expose minority and underprivileged communities to more pollution. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/12\/spending-dems-huge-bill-raise-taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Here\u2019s What Americans Will Get From The Climate And Tax Bill Democrats Just Passed)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The leasing measures will harm minority and economically disadvantaged communities that are located near the Gulf Coast\u2019s oil and gas facilities, Robert Bullard, member of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council and director of the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University, told Politico.<\/p>\n<p>The plan gives $60 billion to financing environmental justice, which is the highest amount the federal government has ever provided for the cleanup of pollution in minority communities and low-income areas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/summary_of_the_energy_security_and_climate_change_investments_in_the_inflation_reduction_act_of_2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Democrats\u2019 summary of the bill; however, Biden\u2019s allies are not fully satisfied with the funding.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7504751\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7504751\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7504751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242547241-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242547241-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242547241-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242547241-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242547241-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242547241-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242547241-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7504751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 AUGUST 16: U.S. President Joe Biden (R) gives Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) (L) the pen he used to sign The Inflation Reduction Act with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) in the State Dining Room of the White House August 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhat we have to do is get a commitment that this is not the end of our work on climate justice and that we have to work better and harder to ensure that those big gaping holes that are left in this bill are filled with justice,\u201d Bullard told Politico.<\/p>\n<p>Activist organizations also are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/delaware\/blog\/2022\/05\/why-declare-climate-emergency-reduce-emissions-delaware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">urging<\/a> Biden to declare a climate emergency in order to strengthen executive actions to fight climate change. They assert that such measures are necessary as modeling done by Democratic Sen. Chuck of New York\u2019s office demonstrates that the new law will fall far short of Biden\u2019s objectives for lowering U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomehow, we\u2019re both a bargaining chip and the people that can save the day when it comes to elections,\u201d Maria Lopez-Nuez, deputy director of organizing and advocacy with the Ironbound Community Corp., and a member of Biden\u2019s White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, told Politico. \u201cThose are incongruities in morality that cannot last for very long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden promised to address racial inequity and climate change simultaneously, incorporating ideas for \u201cenvironmental justice\u201d into his ambitious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/07\/20\/fact-sheetpresident-bidens-executive-actions-on-climate-to-address-extreme-heat-and-boost-offshore-wind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">climate agenda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activists on President Joe Biden\u2019s environmental justice council are frustrated by what they consider to be concessions to the oil and gas industry included in the Democrats\u2019 huge climate spending<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":985,"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-1612840","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\/1612840","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\/985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1612840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612840\/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=1612840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1612840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1612840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}