{"id":2320041,"date":"2024-08-06T14:09:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T18:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-declares-war-on-plastic-silverware-as-green-obsession-goes-too-far\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T14:13:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T18:13:11","slug":"biden-administration-declares-war-on-plastic-silverware-as-green-obsession-goes-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-declares-war-on-plastic-silverware-as-green-obsession-goes-too-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration Declares War on Plastic Silverware as Green Obsession Goes Too Far"},"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%2Fbiden-administration-declares-war-on-plastic-silverware-as-green-obsession-goes-too-far%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=2320041&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>The\u2063 text discusses a\u2063 recent initiative \u200bby the Biden-Harris administration to combat plastic \u200dpollution, which \u200chas sparked criticism from some lawmakers. On July 19, amidst significant global challenges, the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-things-gun-owners-need-to-know-about-bidens-new-gun-control-czar\/\" title=\"5 Things Gun Owners Need To Know About Biden\u2019s New Gun Control Czar\">administration announced plans<\/a> to eliminate \u200bsingle-use plastics, specifically targeting plastic utensils. This announcement\u200b coincided with the release of an extensive report outlining a comprehensive strategy to address \u2064plastic pollution, focusing on reducing its lifecycle impact.<\/p>\n<p>Critiques from Republican senators highlight the\u2063 perceived triviality of the initiative\u2062 compared to pressing global issues, with comments\u200b emphasizing the absurdity of prioritizing plastic \u2064forks when \u201cthe world\u2019s on\u200d fire.\u201d While acknowledging the need to\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-things-the-biden-administration-has-attempted-to-restrict\/\" title=\"Biden administration&#039;s attempted restrictions:\n1. Gun control measures\n2. Immigration policies\n3. Climate change regulations\n4. Voting rights legislation\n5. Social media misinformation\">reduce plastic waste<\/a>, some lawmakers expressed skepticism about the practicality and effectiveness of the \u200bproposed measures, suggesting\u200c that such mandates could \u2063lead to unintended consequences and advocating for a reduction in government consumption overall.<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes with a sardonic tone, indicating that while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-czar-john-kerry-on-private-jet-travel-its-the-only-choice-for-somebody-like-me\/\" title=\"Climate Czar John Kerry On Private Jet Travel: \u2018It\u2019s The Only Choice For Somebody Like Me\u2019\">combating climate change<\/a> is a worthy goal, the focus on \u2062banning plastic utensils seems misplaced against the backdrop of broader environmental and political challenges.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In recent years, signs that Satan&rsquo;s minions rule the temporal world have proven impossible to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>After all, if the prince of darkness had decided to troll us all for his own diabolical amusement, then surely he would have done exactly what the administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris has done.<\/p>\n<p>On July 19, amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-weakness-spark-world-war-3-2024-blackwater-founder-erik-princes-prediction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">global calamities<\/a> on a scale unseen since World War II, the Biden-Harris administration announced a plan to eliminate the deadly scourge of plastic silverware.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Communities across the United States and around the world are facing a plastic pollution crisis,&rdquo; a White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/07\/19\/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-releases-new-strategy-to-tackle-plastic-pollution-takes-action-to-reduce-single-use-plastics-in-federal-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> began.<\/p>\n<p>It only got worse from there. In fact, two sentences later, the statement &lsquo;s author made the required genuflection at the liberal altars of equity and apocalypse-mongering.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Biden-Harris Administration recognizes that pollution can occur at every stage of the plastic lifecycle, disproportionately impacting communities with environmental justice concerns, contributing to loss of biodiversity, and exacerbating the impacts of climate change,&rdquo; the statement read.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/screwtape-proposes-toast-c-s-lewis-believed-demons-love-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demons<\/a>, howling with laughter at human stupidity, could not have written it better.<\/p>\n<p>Worse yet, the statement amounted to more than mere liberal platitudes.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the announcement accompanied the release of an 83-page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Mobilizing-Federal-Action-on-Plastic-Pollution-Progress-Principles-and-Priorities-July-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> outlining &ldquo;the first comprehensive, government-wide strategy to target plastic pollution at production, processing, use, and disposal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That report, presented under the title &ldquo;Mobilizing Federal Action on Plastic Pollution: Progress, Principles, and Priorities,&rdquo; provided the official justification for a government initiative that would, according to the White House statement, &ldquo;phase out federal procurement of single-use plastics from food service operations, events, and packaging by 2027, and from all federal operations by 2035.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Nor will the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-new-regulation-make-1-million-jobs-vanish-according-manufacturing-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal busybodies<\/a> leave their private-sector neighbors alone. They never do.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tackling plastic pollution and its associated impacts will require unprecedented action at every stage of the plastic lifecycle &mdash; from reining in the pollution from petrochemical production that is poisoning communities and driving climate change, to reorienting infrastructure to ensure dramatic increases in recycling and reuse, to investing in innovative materials to replace the pervasive use of plastics in our society,&rdquo; the report read.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement, of course, came more than two weeks ago. But between the assassination attempt against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/furious-secret-service-sniper-demands-4-resignations-expects-another-assassination-attempt-soon-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pelosi-made-forceful-threat-biden-reversed-course-dime-dropped-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">internal coup<\/a> against Biden, Americans&rsquo; attention lay elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, lawmakers like Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota offered belated-yet-astounded reactions to the administration&rsquo;s priorities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The world&rsquo;s on fire, and he&rsquo;s worried about plastic forks,&rdquo; Rounds told the U.K.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13695203\/Joe-Bidens-plan-ban-popular-kitchen-item-sparks-fury-world-fire.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The senator acknowledged that reducing plastic pollution would be a good thing. But he also objected to the methods proposed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Black and white mandates like this typically backfire. I think there&rsquo;s things that we could do as a government, as well as individuals, to keep improving our environment,&rdquo; Rounds said.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/days-calling-abolish-tsa-sen-mike-lee-pulled-aside-going-airport-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Lee<\/a> of Utah sounded even more skeptical.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, first of all, what is so bad about plastic forks and spoons? I mean, I assume the biggest impact this will have will be at government workplaces, military bases, things like that,&rdquo; Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They should shrink the government if they want it to be less of a consumer. The reason it&rsquo;s the largest consumer is because it employs so many people, and it&rsquo;s doing so many things it was probably never intended to do,&rdquo; the senator later added.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, we would all accept fewer plastic forks, knives and spoons if it also meant less government.<\/p>\n<p>As the report made clear, however, it means exactly the opposite. It always does.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the devil laughs at the pride of those who purport to fight &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vs-u-s-study-exposes-profound-threat-authoritarian-elites-pose-ordinary-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate change<\/a>&rdquo; by banning plastic silverware. The rest of us may laugh, too, if only to keep from crying.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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If the embodiment of evil were to mock humanity for its folly, it would likely mirror the actions taken by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. On July 19, amidst global crises reminiscent of those seen during World War II, their administration unveiled a plan aimed at eradicating plastic cutlery. The White House statement began by highlighting a plastic pollution crisis affecting communities in the U.S. and worldwide, only to delve deeper into liberal themes of equity and environmental alarmism shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>The statement acknowledged that pollution can arise at every stage of plastic&#8217;s lifecycle, disproportionately affecting communities facing environmental justice issues while also contributing to biodiversity loss and worsening climate change impacts. Such rhetoric could easily amuse malevolent entities reveling in human folly.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, this announcement was not just empty liberal rhetoric; it was accompanied by an extensive 83-page report detailing &#8220;the first comprehensive government-wide strategy&#8221; targeting plastic pollution from production through disposal. Titled &#8220;Mobilizing Federal Action on Plastic Pollution: Progress, Principles, and Priorities,&#8221; this report laid out plans for phasing out federal procurement of single-use plastics from food services by 2027 and from all federal operations by 2035.<\/p>\n<p>The administration&#8217;s approach will not spare private sector entities either; they have historically intervened in such matters. The report emphasized that addressing plastic pollution necessitates unprecedented action across all stages\u2014from curbing petrochemical production emissions harming communities to enhancing recycling infrastructure and investing in alternative materials.<\/p>\n<p>Although this announcement occurred over two weeks ago amid significant news events like an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and internal political strife within Biden\u2019s camp\u2014drawing public attention away\u2014lawmakers like Republican Senator Mike Rounds expressed astonishment at these priorities later on. He remarked on how absurd it is for leaders to focus on plastic utensils while more pressing global issues persist but acknowledged that reducing plastic waste is beneficial nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Mike Lee from Utah voiced even greater skepticism about the initiative&#8217;s necessity: questioning what exactly is so detrimental about using plastic forks or spoons while suggesting that if government consumption were reduced overall\u2014by shrinking its size\u2014the need for such measures would diminish as well.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, many might welcome fewer disposable utensils if it meant less governmental interference; however, as indicated in the report\u2019s findings\u2014it suggests quite the opposite outcome instead. Thus arises a sense of irony where those who claim to combat &#8220;climate change&#8221; through bans on items like plastic cutlery may inadvertently invite ridicule rather than respect among observers who recognize these contradictions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2320042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Joe-BIden-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32502,36279,37345,37344],"class_list":["post-2320041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-administration","tag-environmental-policy","tag-green-initiatives","tag-plastic-silverware"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Joe-BIden-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320041","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=2320041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2320041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}