{"id":954568,"date":"2021-11-02T16:29:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T20:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=954568"},"modified":"2021-11-02T16:29:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T20:29:45","slug":"top-senate-republican-demands-details-of-white-house-travel-to-climate-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-senate-republican-demands-details-of-white-house-travel-to-climate-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Senate Republican Demands Details Of White House Travel To Climate Summit"},"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\">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%2Ftop-senate-republican-demands-details-of-white-house-travel-to-climate-summit%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=954568&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>A top Senate Republican is demanding answers from the Biden administration on the financial and environmental cost of the president\u2019s travel to Glasgow, Scotland, to attend a U.N. climate change summit.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), the ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, also wants to know why Biden and federal officials couldn\u2019t have simply taken part in the summit virtually. He sent out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.senate.gov\/services\/files\/45D1ED71-E7AE-4D55-BE26-B43024D02F1A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eight letters<\/a> to the secretaries of the Agriculture, Energy, Interior, Transportation, and Treasury departments, as well as to the leaders of the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the US Agency for International Development \u2014 all of whom attended the summit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to the staggering cost of the conference, I am concerned that what appears to be a bloated US delegation will prove counterproductive to the COP\u2019s mission,\u201d the letters said, according to The New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>The president traveled to Scotland with a huge entourage, including a third of his cabinet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-cabinet-white-house-glasgow-climate-summit\">reports<\/a> Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Barrasso said it was \u201cperplexing\u201d that \u201cexecutive branch departments and agencies are unnecessarily choosing to contribute directly to carbon emissions and risk exposure to COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letters ask each department and agency for the number of employees attending the conference and how many of those have worked from home at least half the time since March 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The senator also said that it\u2019s hypocritical for federal workers to be working remotely here but attending summits abroad. \u201cIf they cannot go to work here in the U.S., they should not be permitted to attend extravagant conferences across the globe,\u201d Barrasso wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of private planes flooded into Scotland, bringing attendees to an international climate change summit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmazon founder Jeff Bezos\u2019 \u00a348million Gulf Stream has led a 400-strong parade of private jets into COP26 including Prince Albert of Monaco, scores of royals and dozens of \u2018green\u2019 CEOs \u2014 as an extraordinary traffic jam forced empty planes to fly 30 miles to find space to park,\u201d the Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10152027\/Hypocrite-airways-Jeff-Bezoss-48m-gulf-stream-leads-parade-400-private-jets.html\">reported<\/a>.&nbsp;\u201cSome environmental activists at the COP26 climate conference will be urging others to cut down on air travel and eat less meat, but apparently it is fine for billionaires to fly in on their own planes on routes already served by commercial airlines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Mail said at least 52 private jets were seen landing at Glasgow airport on Sunday, \u201cwhile estimates put the total number flying in for the conference at 400. Conservative predictions suggest the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top Senate Republican is demanding answers from the Biden administration on the financial and environmental cost of the president\u2019s travel to Glasgow, Scotland, to attend a U.N. climate change summit.Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), the ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, also wants to know why Biden and federal officials couldn\u2019t have simply taken part in the summit virtually. He sent out eight letters to the secretaries of the Agriculture, Energy, Interior, Transportation, and Treasury departments, as well as to the leaders of the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the US Agency for International Development \u2014 all of whom attended the summit.\u201cIn addition to the staggering cost of the conference, I am concerned that what appears to be a bloated US delegation will prove counterproductive to the COP\u2019s mission,\u201d the letters said, according to The New York Post.The president traveled to Scotland with a huge entourage, including a third of his cabinet, reports Fox News.Barrasso said it was \u201cperplexing\u201d that \u201cexecutive branch departments and agencies are unnecessarily choosing to contribute directly to carbon emissions and risk exposure to COVID-19.\u201dThe letters ask each department and agency for the number of employees attending the conference and how many of those have worked from home at least half the time since March 2020.The senator also said that it\u2019s hypocritical for federal workers to be working remotely here but attending summits abroad. \u201cIf they cannot go to work here in the U.S., they should not be permitted to attend extravagant conferences across the globe,\u201d Barrasso wrote.Hundreds of private planes flooded into Scotland, bringing attendees to an international climate change summit.\u201cAmazon founder Jeff Bezos\u2019 \u00a348million Gulf Stream has led a 400-strong parade of private jets into COP26 including Prince Albert of Monaco, scores of royals and dozens of \u2018green\u2019 CEOs \u2014 as an extraordinary traffic jam forced empty planes to fly 30 miles to find space to park,\u201d the Daily Mail reported.\u00a0\u201cSome environmental activists at the COP26 climate conference will be urging others to cut down on air travel and eat less meat, but apparently it is fine for billionaires to fly in on their own planes on routes already served by commercial airlines.\u201dThe Mail said at least 52 private jets were seen landing at Glasgow airport on Sunday, \u201cwhile estimates put the total number flying in for the conference at 400. Conservative predictions suggest the fleet of private jets arriving for COP26 will blast out 13,000tonnes of carbon dioxide in total \u2013 equivalent to the amount consumed by more than 1,600 Britons in a year.\u201dPrince Charles, who has strongly advocated action on climate change, was among those flying in on a private jet.Biden attended the summit after a trip to Rome for the G20 meeting. The Mail said he and his staff are estimated to generate 2.2 million pounds of carbon during his trip to Europe.\u201cThe gigantic carbon footprint is comprised of 2.16 million pounds of carbon dioxide generated by the four large planes that comprise his airborne entourage on the trip to Italy and Scotland, where the president will speak at the COP26 summit on change in Glasgow, with the remainder emitted by Biden\u2019s cars,\u201d the Mail\u00a0said. \u201cHis fleet is comprised of the heavily modified Boeing 747 he travels on, known as Air Force One when the president is on board, an identical decoy, and two huge C-17 Globemaster planes to carry his battalion of cars and helicopters.\u201dBiden also rode in a massive motorcade when he traveled to the Vatican for his meeting with Pope Francis on Friday. \u201cThe motorcade was 85-cars long, due to Italian COVID-19 rules, which only allow three non-cohabiting people \u2013 including the driver \u2013 per vehicle. As well as the Beast, it was comprised of gas-guzzling Chevrolet Suburban SUVs, and famously thirsty Alfa Romeo cars driven by Italian police. It would have generated around 73.5 pounds of carbon per mile driven,\u201d the Mail reported.\u201cThe policy priorities of the Biden admin are far out of step with those of the American people,\u201d\u00a0Barrasso tweeted Sunday as the conference opened. \u201cWhile the president and almost half of his Cabinet are soaring off to Scotland, most Americans would like to see a plan to deal with soaring inflation and skyrocketing energy costs.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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