{"id":982102,"date":"2021-11-07T19:58:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T00:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=982102"},"modified":"2021-11-07T19:58:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T00:58:42","slug":"black-trees-matter-vp-kamala-harris-asks-nasa-if-it-can-track-trees-by-race-for-environmental-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-trees-matter-vp-kamala-harris-asks-nasa-if-it-can-track-trees-by-race-for-environmental-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Black Trees Matter\u2019 \u2014 VP Kamala Harris Asks NASA if It Can Track Trees by Race for \u2018Environmental Justice\u2019"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fblack-trees-matter-vp-kamala-harris-asks-nasa-if-it-can-track-trees-by-race-for-environmental-justice%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=982102&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1347973586-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>Vice President Kamala Harris asked NASA if it could use its satellites to track trees \u201cby race\u201d in various neighborhoods as part of \u201cenvironmental justice\u201d during a recent display on climate change, leading many to ridicule the vice president online and even giving rise to a \u201cBlack Trees Matter\u201d hashtag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Harris, who serves as chair of the National Space Council, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/vice-president-harris-visits-nasa-to-see-vital-climate-science-work\"><span>visited<\/span><\/a><span> Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Friday \u201cto see vital climate science work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>As she met with scientists and engineers and received a firsthand look at how the climate is studied by the space program as well as how it provides data concerning planetary changes and their impacts, the vice president declared, \u201cI truly believe space activity is climate action.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a clip originally shared by Deputy Director of Rapid Response at Republican National Committee (RNC) Jake Schneider, Harris is seen interrupting a presentation in order to share her \u201cwoke\u201d inquiry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCan you measure trees \u2014 part of that data that you are referring to, [and it\u2019s an issue of] EJ, environmental justice \u2014 that you can also track by race their averages in terms of the number of trees in the neighborhoods where people live?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9230769230769\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW \u2013 Kamala Harris asks NASA if they are able to &#8220;track trees&#8221; by race as part of &#8220;environmental justice.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zFMayeTbhJ\">pic.twitter.com\/zFMayeTbhJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disclosetv\/status\/1457097969149353984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>In response to the now viral clip, which has over one million views as of Sunday afternoon, many took to Twitter to mock Harris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis woman is a complete hack \u2013 and if this is not an act, she is also a moron\u2026,\u201d wrote retired senior intelligence operations officer Tony Shaffer.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.9473684210526\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;science&#8221;\u2026\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<br \/>This woman is a complete hack \u2013 and if this is not an act, she is also a moron\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/en1n9uLCNX\">https:\/\/t.co\/en1n9uLCNX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tony Shaffer (@T_S_P_O_O_K_Y) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/T_S_P_O_O_K_Y\/status\/1457222786523537409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cI can\u2019t get over the fact that \u2018environmental justice\u2019 and \u2018tree equity\u2019 are real phrases Democrats use,\u201d wrote GOP strategist Matt Whitlock. \u201cReads like parody.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.9668246445498\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can\u2019t get over the fact that \u201cenvironmental justice\u201d and \u201ctree equity\u201d are real phrases Democrats use. <\/p>\n<p>Reads like parody. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/938cKaVEJM\">https:\/\/t.co\/938cKaVEJM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattdizwhitlock\/status\/1457137349595369473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cI thought this was a Babylon Bee headline, turns out it\u2019s our totally serious Vice President,\u201d wrote Republican congressional candidate Leon Benjamin.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cGlad she has her priorities straight,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.9275362318841\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I thought this was a Babylon Bee headline, turns out it&#8217;s our totally serious Vice President.<\/p>\n<p>Glad she has her priorities straight. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XcC9Ad4tmD\">https:\/\/t.co\/XcC9Ad4tmD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leon Benjamin (@Leon4Congress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Leon4Congress\/status\/1457104534480826379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThis clip illustrates perfectly the worth of diversity,\u201d wrote Darren Beattie, a former Trump speechwriter.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"14.280991735537\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This clip illustrates perfectly the worth of diversity<\/p>\n<p>What, after all, would we do without valuable insights and perspectives reflecting lived experience<\/p>\n<p>This is why diversity is our greatest strength, and why the Globalist American Empire deserves to defeat those evil Chicoms <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lVxP8mXPWP\">https:\/\/t.co\/lVxP8mXPWP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darren J. Beattie \u1f31 (@DarrenJBeattie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarrenJBeattie\/status\/1457384940325294081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cFor the confused, the CRT argument here is that urban centers have less trees and are warmer than less urban areas, which the left translates into privilege,\u201d wrote conservative writer and commentator Chad Greene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhite people have the \u2018privilege\u2019 of more trees, cooler temps and cleaner air,\u201d he added. \u201cWala. Environmental Justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"14.196531791908\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For the confused, the CRT argument here is that urban centers have less trees and are warmer than less urban areas, which the left translates into privilege.<\/p>\n<p>White people have the &#8216;privilege&#8217; of more trees, cooler temps and cleaner air.<\/p>\n<p>Wala.<br \/>Environmental Justice. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q7LKEs8XR1\">https:\/\/t.co\/q7LKEs8XR1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chad Felix Greene \ud83c\uddf1 (@chadfelixg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chadfelixg\/status\/1457152045975285761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cToo many White (Supremacist) Pines, not enough gender neutral Black Walnuts!\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gether2Come\/status\/1457301815905726469\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> a Twitter user, adding the creative hashtag: \u201c#BlackTreesMatter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAre we now headed towards #BlackTreesMatter?\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hellbound993\/status\/1457130953319477248\"><span>asked<\/span><\/a><span> another Twitter user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOfficer Harris is just trying to figure out whether trees are racist or not,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Enginerrrd\/status\/1457373629537140739\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> yet another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYes, the world\u2019s most inauthentic, unnatural politician Kamala Harris made news yesterday by pressing NASA on its ability to sort trees by race as part of an \u2018environmental justice\u2019 push,\u201d another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dlw20161950\/status\/1457371025059033088?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo the [vice] president Kamala Harris with NASA yesterday, able to ask any question about our universe, she asks if they are able to \u2018track trees\u2019 by race as part of \u2018environmental justice,\u2019\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkKL29\/status\/1457369752586838027?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> one Twitter user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cShe\u2019s going to keep dividing, nothing will stop them from creating a new, segregated society,\u201d yet another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sassylassee\/status\/1457363014911414286?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWaking up to Kamala Harris statements on tree race &amp; environmental Justice,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChefOG11\/status\/1457357377410265095?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> another. \u201cWe\u2019re doomed,\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt looks like black communities will receive reparations in the form of trees,\u201d another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArticBuffalo\/status\/1457353722422566915?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo Kamala Harris with NASA today, asks if they are able to \u2018track trees\u2019 by \u2018race\u2019 as part of \u2018environmental justice,\u2019\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KreatelyMedia\/status\/1457338725373988885?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> yet another. \u201cThis is VP of USA, ladies and gentlemen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe world laughingstock continues,\u201d a Twitter user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Odysseus_Spear\/status\/1457325976044593153?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBreaking News: Kamala Harris realizes that Trees are inherently racist,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LRobertJohnson2\/status\/1457305465310773248\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> another Twitter user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo people no longer have biological genders but trees, a plant, have races?\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kate51968\/status\/1457364050145390594?s=20\"><span>asked<\/span><\/a><span> another. \u201cIf I didn\u2019t know Harris is ok with PC on steroids I\u2019d give her some slack &amp; say she meant species.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen Trump tried to explain a real experimental UV disinfectant light therapy, the press turned that into him \u2018telling people to drink bleach\u2019 and \u2018inject Lysol,\u2019\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AUChizad\/status\/1457324749558886402?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> yet another Twitter user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cKamala Harris asking NASA to \u2018track the number of trees by race\u2019 is just good hard science,\u201d a Twitter user mocked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is what they mean by \u2018TRUST THE SCIENCE,\u2019\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JWSNMNJ\/status\/1457277449595719685?s=20\"><span>quipped<\/span><\/a><span> another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEverything has to be about race with Harris\u2026. Even the trees,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ttweet15\/status\/1457230901495042063?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;another Twitter user<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The incident comes as Democrats\u2019 $1.75 trillion entitlement spending bill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/29\/tree-equity-democrat-spending-bill-designates-3b-to-make-low-income-neighborhoods-green\/\">includes<\/a> billions for left-wing environmental activists\u2019 pet projects, including planting more trees in low-income neighborhoods to create \u201ctree equity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The tree equity provision is just one of a plethora of climate-related spending provisions in the bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a><\/em><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris asked NASA if it could use its satellites to track trees \u201cby race\u201d in various neighborhoods as part of \u201cenvironmental justice\u201d during a recent display on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-982102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982102","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\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}