{"id":403215,"date":"2021-04-09T10:28:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T14:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=403215"},"modified":"2021-04-09T10:28:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T14:28:45","slug":"report-bidens-push-to-expand-solar-energy-risks-fueling-chinas-humanitarian-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bidens-push-to-expand-solar-energy-risks-fueling-chinas-humanitarian-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Biden\u2019s push to expand solar energy risks fueling China\u2019s humanitarian crisis"},"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%2Freport-bidens-push-to-expand-solar-energy-risks-fueling-chinas-humanitarian-crisis%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=403215&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--><div id=\"attachment_2395554\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2395554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this Sept. 30, 2011, file photo, solar panel installation continues at a rapid pace at the Mesquite Solar 1 facility under construction in Arlington, Ariz. (AP Photo\/Ross D. Franklin, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:20 AM PT \u2013 Friday, April 9, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Joe Biden is barreling full-steam ahead in transitioning the U.S. to green energy, but his efforts are hitting a humanitarian roadblock. A <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/solar-industrys-reliance-on-chinese-forced-labor-threatens-bidens-green-economy\/\">Washington Free Beacon article<\/a>, released Thursday, shed more light on how China\u2019s embattled Xinjiang region \u201cdominates\u201d the world\u2019s solar energy supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>How? Polysilicon, a material used to manufacture solar panels, is rich in the region. This area is also home to China\u2019s alleged forced labor camps for Uighur Muslims. In fact, nearly half of the global supply of polysilicon is sourced there.<\/p>\n<p>A report by consultancy firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.horizonadvisory.org\/\">Horizon Advisory<\/a> found at least five of China\u2019s largest solar energy companies show evidence of using at least some forced labor. It\u2019s causing lawmakers on both sides to pump the brakes on the push to go green. They have cautioned that using solar products made in China means potentially capitalizing off that forced labor, thereby making the U.S. complicit in Beijing\u2019s human rights abuses.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/aflcio.org\/\">AFL-CIO<\/a> (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) union, Richard Trumka who is a long time Biden loyalist and major donor to multiple Democrat campaigns in 2020, sent a letter to Biden in March in which he urged the White House to block solar imports from Xinjiang. In the letter, he said those companies display \u201cconvincing evidence of systematic forced labor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That same month, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley (D) pushed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seia.org\/\">Solar Energy Industries Association<\/a> to ban products from Xinjiang, in his words, to \u201cprotect consumers from inadvertently contributing to human rights abuses abroad.\u201d The association, which represents more than 1,000 solar companies, in response demanded members cease business in the region by June.<\/p>\n<p>Late last month, a team of top Senate Republicans, including Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Tom Cotton (R-Ariz.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), also unveiled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/2021\/3\/rubio-joins-scott-colleagues-to-introduce-the-keep-china-out-of-solar-energy-act\">Keep China Out of Solar Energy Act<\/a>. This initiative outlaws the use of federal money to pay for solar products made in China.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Chinese Communist Party is guilty of monstrous human rights violations. <\/p>\n<p>The Keep China Out of Solar Energy Act would make sure American federal dollars don\u2019t fund the CCP through the purchase of solar panels, which may be made with forced labor.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cAU9ztqVjc\">https:\/\/t.co\/cAU9ztqVjc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJohnKennedy\/status\/1377016722813751296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Congress hopes that with a diverse team of lawmakers speaking out against Chinese solar products, it will push Biden to reconsider his reliance on solar.<\/p>\n<p>The criticism comes at a key time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2021\/03\/31\/biden-climate-infrastructure\/\">According to The Washington Post<\/a>, the brunt of Biden\u2019s upcoming infrastructure plan is meant to \u201cturbocharge\u201d the nations\u2019 transition away from fossil fuels and specifically speed the growth of wind and solar energy projects.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/mcconnell-still-banking-on-dem-defectors-to-block-infrastructure-plan\/\">McConnell still banking on Dem defectors to block infrastructure plan<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 In this Sept. 30, 2011, file photo, solar panel installation continues at a rapid pace at the Mesquite Solar 1 facility under construction in Arlington, Ariz. 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