{"id":2053789,"date":"2023-10-03T13:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-administration-halts-official-senior-administration-travel-to-international-fossil-fuel-events\/"},"modified":"2023-10-03T13:15:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:15:25","slug":"report-biden-administration-halts-official-senior-administration-travel-to-international-fossil-fuel-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-administration-halts-official-senior-administration-travel-to-international-fossil-fuel-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration stops senior officials from attending global fossil fuel events."},"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\">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%2Freport-biden-administration-halts-official-senior-administration-travel-to-international-fossil-fuel-events%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=2053789&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><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. President Joe Biden holds\u200b a Cabinet meeting at the White House on October 02, 2023 \u200din Washington, DC. Biden held the meeting to discuss economic legislation, artificial intelligence, and gun violence. (Photo by\u200d Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/daniel-baldwin\">Daniel Baldwin<\/a><br \/>9:57 AM \u2013 Tuesday, September 3, \u200c2023<\/p>\n<p>An internal memo has revealed that the Biden Administration is halting \u2063senior \u2064administration officials from attending\u200d international conferences that\u2062 promote oil, natural gas and coal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201c[President Joe Biden has] \u200b declared \u2062war on American energy independence,\u201d Daniel \u2064Turner, founder and executive director of Power the Future,\u2063 told \u2064One America News. \u201cAnd this \u200bis proof of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The September\u2062 15<sup>th<\/sup> memo was\u200c reportedly \u2062written by Department of Energy Deputy Secretary David Turk. \u200bIn the \u200cmemo, Turk breaks\u2062 down travel restrictions and explained\u2062 that officials must receive approval from the National Security Council before attending any global fossil fuel-oriented event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis guidance sets out a presumption that agencies and departments will pursue\u200d international energy engagement that advances clean energy projects,\u201d Turk wrote in the memo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really childish,\u201d Turner said. \u201cIt\u2019s \u200bvery \u2064silly of the administration to continue to play these games and demonize\u200c an industry, which quite frankly does provide the ability for Biden to attend these other conferences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNext \u200cmonth\u2063 is COP28 (the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference),\u201d Turner continued. \u201cSeveral hundred, if \u2063not several\u2063 thousand, Biden Administration officials will fly to Dubai for this conference. Forty-thousand people attended the one last year in Egypt. They\u2019re all going to get on jets, right? They\u2019re \u200dall going to have \u2062motorcades.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden has \u2062worked to advance the \u2018green energy\u2019 agenda since taking office \u200cin January 2021. He signed an executive order \u200bin August 2021 mandating 50% of new \u200ccars produced be \u201czero emission\u201d by 2030. The Environmental Protection Agency issued a \u2064\u2018performance-based standard\u2019 which would require that electric vehicles make\u200b up two-thirds of U.S. \u200dauto sales by 2032.<\/p>\n<p>Turner simply argued the Biden Administration was gaslighting the\u2062 American people.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as \u200ccarbon neutral \u2063or carbon free,\u201d Turner said. \u201cThey claim electric\u200c vehicles have no emissions, but EV emissions are all on the front end in constructing that EV. And, \u2064quite frankly, the emissions on the front end, the manufacturing, the earth moving, the rare \u200bearths, et \u200dcetera, are\u2064 greater than the emissions \u200dof a fossil fuel \u2064combustion engine on\u200c the backend.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Turner says\u200d that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greta-thunbergs-group-launches-protest-against-russian-invasion-of-ukraine\/\" title=\"Greta Thunberg\u2019s Group Launches Protest Against Russian Invasion of Ukraine\">abandoning fossil fuels<\/a>\u2063 would result in an expedited deterioration of American life.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cRight now, our economy, our way of life, our, our human dignity, our American national security, our footprint in\u200b the world, all of that depends upon the robust fossil fuel economy\u200d we have,\u201d said Turner. \u201cIt\u2019s why people are fighting legally and\u200b illegally to\u200b break into this nation,\u200c to come to this nation. It\u2019s because of our way of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly \u200bto your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oann.com%2Fnewsroom%2Fupdate-9-year-old-who-went-missing-at-n-y-campground-found-alive-suspect-detained%2F&#038;t=UPDATE%3A%209-Year-Old%20Who%20Went%20Missing%20At%20N.Y.%20Campground%20Found%20Alive%2C%20Suspect%20Detained\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with\u2062 Rep. Nicole Malliotakis<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Luke Ball<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Mary Margaret Olohan<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Wendi Strauch Mahoney<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s fraud trial got under way with jury selection on Tuesday, nearly a year after his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency\u2063 exchange\u2019s\u00a0collapse.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The global cryptocurrency market\u200c remains badly scarred following the tumultuous collapse \u2063of crypto exchange FTX and other big players last year<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A California federal judge has ruled people who\u200b own Tesla cars must pursue autopilot claims in individual\u200b arbitration rather than court.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Avio said its Vega C rockets would return to flight in late \u200b2024 after implementing fixes \u2064following \u2063a failed satellite launch.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What potential impact\u2064 might the \u200bBiden Administration&#8217;s focus on clean energy\u200c projects have on American\u200d energy \u2063independence and\u200c overall livelihoods, according to critics<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The Biden Administration&#8217;s Decision \u200dto Halt Officials from Attending \u200bFossil Fuel-Oriented Conferences\u200c Sparks Controversy<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 a recent \u2064internal\u2063 memo, it has \u2062been revealed that the Biden \u200cAdministration \u2064is imposing travel restrictions on senior administration\u200b officials, preventing them from attending international conferences that promote oil, natural gas, \u2064and coal. This decision \u200chas sparked \u2063controversy\u200b and criticism\u200c from various sources.<\/p>\n<p>The September 15th memo, \u200dreportedly written by Department of Energy Deputy Secretary David Turk, \u2062outlines the travel restrictions \u2063and states that officials must\u2062 receive approval \u200cfrom the National Security Council before attending any global fossil fuel-oriented event. The memo further emphasizes the administration&#8217;s focus on clean energy projects, suggesting\u2063 a presumption that agencies\u200b and departments should pursue \u2062international energy \u2063engagement that advances such projects.<\/p>\n<p>However, critics argue that this move is a clear indication of\u2062 President Joe Biden&#8217;s &#8220;war\u2063 on American energy independence.&#8221; Daniel Turner, the founder and executive director of Power the Future, \u2062expressed his concerns and beliefs that \u2064this decision is further proof of \u2064the administration&#8217;s\u2064 intent to demonize the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-climate-agenda-wont-replace-jobs-it-seeks-to-kill-separate-ap-wapo-fact-checks-suggest\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Climate Agenda Won\u2019t Replace Jobs It Seeks To Kill, Separate AP, WaPo Fact-Checks Suggest\">fossil fuel industry<\/a>. He also highlighted the irony of the Biden Administration officials attending\u200b conferences on climate\u200d change without restrictions, all \u200bwhile criticizing the fossil\u200c fuel industry that enables their travel.<\/p>\n<p>Turner pointed out that \u200cnext month is \u200cthe 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), which will take place in Dubai. He predicts that \u2062several hundred,\u200b if not several thousand, Biden\u2062 administration officials will \u2064fly to Dubai for this conference, where forty-thousand people\u2063 attended the previous COP conference\u2062 in\u200c Egypt. Turner questions the\u2063 administration&#8217;s inconsistency, as these officials will rely on\u200b air travel and motorcades despite\u2063 the travel restrictions imposed on fossil fuel-oriented events.<\/p>\n<p>It is\u2062 evident that President Biden\u200b has been actively pushing for the advancement of the\u2062 green energy agenda since \u200btaking office in January 2021. He signed an executive order in August 2021 mandating that\u2063 50% of new cars \u200bproduced \u2063in the United States \u2062be &#8220;zero emission&#8221; by \u200c2030. Additionally, the Environmental \u2063Protection \u200dAgency introduced a performance-based standard requiring electric vehicles to make up\u2062 two-thirds of U.S. \u2063auto sales by 2032.<\/p>\n<p>However, critics \u2063like Turner\u2064 argue that the administration&#8217;s claims of \u200dachieving\u2063 carbon neutrality or carbon-free energy are misleading.\u2062 He states that while electric vehicles\u200b are \u200cconsidered emissions-free during usage,\u200d their production process involves significant emissions and environmental impact.\u2064 Turner\u200d asserts that the emissions generated\u200b during the manufacturing and extraction of rare earth materials for \u2064electric vehicles \u200coften surpass those of conventional \u2064combustion engines.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Turner warns that abandoning \u200dfossil fuels\u2064 entirely could lead to an expedited deterioration of American life.\u2062 He believes that the reliance on green energy alone is not practical or sustainable, presenting potential challenges to the economy, American lifestyles, and overall human development.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 Biden Administration&#8217;s decision to restrict officials\u2062 from attending fossil fuel-oriented conferences has ignited a heated\u2064 debate. Supporters commend the administration&#8217;s \u2064commitment to clean\u2064 energy projects, while critics argue that this move\u2063 could have negative consequences for \u2063American energy\u200b independence and overall livelihoods. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-administration-halts-official-senior-administration-travel-to-international-fossil-fuel-events\/\" title=\"Biden Administration stops senior officials from attending global fossil fuel events.\">ongoing discussion\u2062 surrounding green\u200d energy\u2064 versus fossil fuels continues<\/a> to shape\u200c the policies \u200cand direction of the United States&#8217; energy sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Joe Biden convenes Cabinet meeting at White House to address economic legislation, artificial intelligence, and gun violence. Internal memo discloses Biden Administration&#8217;s plans. 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