{"id":1749134,"date":"2022-11-23T09:21:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T14:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749134"},"modified":"2022-11-23T09:33:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T14:33:07","slug":"biden-energy-secretary-immediately-took-meeting-with-bill-gates-after-senate-confirmation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-energy-secretary-immediately-took-meeting-with-bill-gates-after-senate-confirmation\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Energy Secretary Immediately Took Meeting With Bill Gates After Senate Confirmation"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fbiden-energy-secretary-immediately-took-meeting-with-bill-gates-after-senate-confirmation%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=1749134&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=\"speakable\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-energy-secretary-granholm-clean-energy-best-peace-plan-world-ever-known\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm<\/a> met with billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates almost immediately after she was confirmed by the Senate, internal agency calendars showed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/south-dakota-republican-calls-bill-gates-testify-agriculture-committee-farm-buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Granholm&#8217;s meeting with Gates<\/a>, who is also the co-founder of the billion-dollar Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation, which funds worldwide climate initiatives, took place at noon on Feb. 26, 2021, about 24 hours after she was confirmed to the position, according to internal documents obtained by government watchdog Protect the Public\u2019s Trust (PPT) and shared with Fox News Digital. The meeting with Gates marked Granholm&#8217;s first private meeting with a non-government official, according to her calendar.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is just another example showing D.C. as an insiders\u2019 game for the wealthy and powerful, and regular people need not apply,&#8221; PPT Director Michael Chamberlain told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With all of the media interviews and getting acquainted with the employees she\u2019ll be working with, on her first day she made sure to make time for Bill Gates, one of the richest people in the world,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And that wasn\u2019t even the only time they met. It\u2019s easy to see who has the real influence in Washington.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pete-buttigieg-regularly-consults-dark-money-funded-green-groups-calendar-entries-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PETE BUTTIGIEG REGULARLY CONSULTS DARK MONEY-FUNDED GREEN GROUPS, CALENDAR ENTRIES SHOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/640\/320\/Jennifer-Granholm-Energy-Secretary-Nominee-AP.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks during her Senate confirmation hearing in January 2021.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks during her Senate confirmation hearing in January 2021.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Jim Watson\/Pool via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/special-counsel-biden-energy-secretary-violated-hatch-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">came only after Granholm<\/a> met once with the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, once with the Department of Energy&#8217;s (DOE) pool of political appointees, once with former acting Energy Secretary Dave Huizenga and participated in six media interviews.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the meeting, Granholm met again with Gates about a month later on March 30, 2021. The DOE has only provided PPT with internal calendar records through July 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Upon taking office, Secretary Granholm hit the ground running meeting with energy leaders\u2014 from public utilities, nuclear power companies and car manufacturers \u2014 as well as Bill Gates, the founder of the clean energy innovation company Breakthrough Energy and TerraPower, which received $80 million from DOE in 2020 to build small modular nuclear reactors,&#8221; the DOE said in a statement to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bidens-epa-coordinated-left-wing-eco-groups-tied-liberal-dark-money-network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BIDEN&#8217;S EPA HAS COORDINATED WITH LEFT-WING ECO GROUPS TIED TO LIBERAL DARK MONEY NETWORK<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gates, though, has been a vocal proponent of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/green-energy-projects-face-stark-environmental-local-opposition-nationwide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aggressive green transition<\/a> from fossil fuel production to alternative energy sources such as wind and solar. The business magnate has frequently spoken at and attended global conferences like the World Economic Forum annual meeting to speak about the importance of staving off global warming.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to replace every single piece of infrastructure dedicated to doing things the old way with infrastructure dedicated to doing things in a new way \u2014 and that doesn\u2019t happen instantly, especially considering the mind-boggling scale of the job,&#8221; Gates wrote in a blog post in October.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For example, there are currently 2,412 coal-fired power plants in the world, and that number is still going up. Every single one of those plants will have to be replaced,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/640\/320\/bill-gates1.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Chairman Bill Gates speaks during the New Economy Forum, Nov. 21, 2019, in Beijing, China.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Chairman Bill Gates speaks during the New Economy Forum, Nov. 21, 2019, in Beijing, China.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Hou Yu\/China News Service\/VCG via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2015, Gates founded Breakthrough Energy, a group that invests heavily in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">green energy development<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The firm has also partnered with various entities, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/missouri-latest-state-divest-blackrock-esg-initiatives-woke-political-agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">financial institutions like BlackRock<\/a> and Bank of America, which have pushed environmental, social and governance measures to use the financial sector to combat climate change and curb fossil fuel investment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/john-kerrys-office-consulted-far-left-eco-groups-policy-banning-fossil-fuel-investment-emails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>JOHN KERRY&#8217;S OFFICE CONSULTED WITH FAR-LEFT ECO GROUPS ON POLICY, BANNING FOSSIL FUEL INVESTMENT: EMAILS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation, which Gates and his ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, have funneled billions of dollars through, has funded groups across the world dedicated to pushing the green transition.<\/p>\n<p>For example, in 2021, the foundation awarded the World Resources Institute with a $1.2 million grant and the United Nations Foundation with a $2.9 million grant, according to tax filings. Both organizations have advocated for the green transition.<\/p>\n<p>The Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation also wired more than $83.7 million to the New Venture Fund (NVF), a key cog in the nation&#8217;s largest liberal dark money network operated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/arabella-advisors-most-powerful-left-wing-dark-money-network-america-expands-operations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by the firm Arabella Advisors<\/a>. Last year, the NVF funded major environmental organizations, like the Environmental Defense Fund and League of Conservation Voters, which have applied significant pressure on the Biden administration to take more action on climate change.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The climate crisis is causing enormous harm every day as it jeopardizes entire regions of people and economies,&#8221; Gates said in a statement issued earlier this month during a United Nations climate conference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More funding is necessary to ensure agricultural and technological innovations are widely available to vulnerable communities, helping them to adapt to climate change, save lives and increase economic growth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation didn&#8217;t respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met with billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates almost immediately after she was confirmed by the Senate, internal agency calendars showed.Granholm&#8217;s meeting with Gates, who is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1749137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1749134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"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\/1749134","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=1749134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1749137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}