{"id":1828966,"date":"2023-01-30T12:19:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T17:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1828966"},"modified":"2023-01-30T12:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T17:24:54","slug":"biden-admin-funnels-another-1-6-million-to-beijing-backed-green-energy-company-over-senate-objections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-funnels-another-1-6-million-to-beijing-backed-green-energy-company-over-senate-objections\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Funnels Another $1.6 Million to Beijing-Backed Green Energy Company Over Senate Objections"},"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\">28<\/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-admin-funnels-another-1-6-million-to-beijing-backed-green-energy-company-over-senate-objections%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=1828966&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-->\n<\/p>\n<p>LanzaTech has raised $12 million in taxpayer funds after signing deal with China-run energy giant Sinopec Getty Images    <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Even though Republicans had warned the Biden administration, they sent another $1.6million to a Beijing green energy company. &#8220;impacts the national security of the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Thursday, President Joe Biden&#8217;s Energy Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/us-department-energy-awards-118-million-accelerate-domestic-biofuel-production\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/us-department-energy-awards-118-million-accelerate-domestic-biofuel-production&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675177071327000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3m_X-MG-unL0kUfCVEauTI\">Announcement<\/a> The seven-figure award was given to LanzaTech, which is a carbon capture business that signed a partnership agreement with Sinopec Capital in April 2021. Sinopec Capital is the clean energy investment arm a Chinese state-owned oil company. This is not the first time the department has showered LanzaTech with taxpayer cash\u2014the company received more than $10 million in grant payments in the months after it partnered with China, the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/bidens-energy-department-funnels-millions-to-beijing-backed-green-energy-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/bidens-energy-department-funnels-millions-to-beijing-backed-green-energy-company\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675177071327000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2irAgGJq5pUwwlW7RkUg2M\">reported<\/a> December<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">These payments alarm Senate Republicans. Wyoming&#8217;s John Barrasso asked Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to intervene in an a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/12.14.2022-letter-to-Sec.-Granholm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/12.14.2022-letter-to-Sec.-Granholm.pdf&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675177071327000&#038;usg=AOvVaw21Qn6ypBgZ-O9HzXGkQTFy\">December letter<\/a> To stop &#8220;making the same mistake of enriching China&#8217;s technological efforts at the expense of taxpayers.&#8221; &#8220;The awarding of these grants and loans,&#8221; Barrasso wrote, &#8220;directly impacts the national security of the United States.&#8221; Arkansas&#8217;s Tom Cotton is similar <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/bidens-energy-department-funnels-millions-to-beijing-backed-green-energy-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/bidens-energy-department-funnels-millions-to-beijing-backed-green-energy-company\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675177071327000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2irAgGJq5pUwwlW7RkUg2M\">Implored<\/a> The Biden administration must be stopped &#8220;handing millions of taxpayer dollars to a Chinese-backed company&#8221; Instead, encourage &#8220;American energy production and energy independence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Biden&#8217;s Energy Department ignored the warnings. Barrasso feels that LanzaTech&#8217;s support of the department is a good decision. &#8220;outrageous&#8221; Given the company&#8217;s &#8220;direct ties to communist China.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;This isn&#8217;t about protecting the environment,&#8221; Barrasso spoke for the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;The White House is using its far-left climate policies as an excuse to send taxpayer money to help countries that hate us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Biden&#8217;s most recent LanzaTech grant may prompt more inquiries from congressional Republicans who are threatening to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/12\/16\/gop-plans-collusion-probe-climate-activists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/12\/16\/gop-plans-collusion-probe-climate-activists&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675177071327000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2xKsnAJxrbxjnXQ3N35yNk\">subpoena environmental groups<\/a> Concerning ties with Russia and China &#8220;If there&#8217;s evidence the Chinese government is funding their actions, we have to go after them,&#8221; Bruce Westerman, House Natural Resources Chair (R. Ark.). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/12\/16\/gop-plans-collusion-probe-climate-activists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/12\/16\/gop-plans-collusion-probe-climate-activists&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675177071327000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2xKsnAJxrbxjnXQ3N35yNk\"><\/a> December &#8220;I don&#8217;t care what kind of group they are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Energy Department did no respond to our request for comment. It chose to channel millions of public funds to LanzaTech, despite LanzaTech&#8217;s federal financial disclosures. <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/bidens-energy-department-funnels-millions-to-beijing-backed-green-energy-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/bidens-energy-department-funnels-millions-to-beijing-backed-green-energy-company\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675177071327000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2irAgGJq5pUwwlW7RkUg2M\">Notification<\/a> &#8220;that the Chinese government may intervene or influence our operations at any time.&#8221; LanzaTech&#8217;s filings also recognize that the company&#8217;s partnership with Sinopec or other Chinese entities could result in significant economic benefits &#8220;complications&#8221; And &#8220;restrictions&#8221; Should the United States send<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration sent another $1.6 million to a Beijing-backed green energy company even after Republicans warned the administration that the investment &#8220;impacts the national security of the United States.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe post Biden Admin Funnels Another $1.6 Million to Beijing-Backed Green Energy Company Over Senate Objections appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":1828969,"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":[544],"tags":[15482,4496,8760,3620,5425,4486,8759,5812,10348,3740],"class_list":["post-1828966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-1-6","tag-admin","tag-beijing-backed","tag-biden","tag-company","tag-energy","tag-funnels","tag-green","tag-objections","tag-senate"],"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\/1828966","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1828966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1828969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1828966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1828966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1828966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}