OAN’s Brooke Mallory
4:44 PM – Thursday, March 7, 2024
John Kerry, outgoing President Joe Biden’s climate change leader and one of the most trusted figures in Washington, D.C., said this week that if Russia cuts its carbon emissions, the world will and was ridiculed for suggesting it might make him “feel better” about the ongoing conflict with Russia. Ukraine.
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“Russia is one of the world’s largest emitters. If Russia wanted to show good faith, it could announce cuts and do more to reduce emissions,” Kerry, 80, told reporters on Tuesday. He spoke at a press conference.
“Perhaps it could make people feel better about what Russia is choosing to do at the moment,” he continued.
In 2021, Biden created a cabinet-level climate envoy position for Kerry, a 2004 Democratic presidential nominee who served as secretary of state under former Democratic President Barack Obama.
But detractors have mocked the former Massachusetts senator’s constant use of private jets to attend international climate events and meetings with foreign leaders.
Less than a year after taking office, Mr. Kelly’s wife’s Gulfstream GIV-SP flew 48 times, emitting “more than 300 tons” of carbon dioxide, compared to 4.6 tons for regular passengers. It is said that it was released into the atmosphere. aircraft.
Kerry has also ignored accusations that he held climate talks with controversial leaders, even refusing to call Chinese President Xi Jinping a “dictator” during a Senate hearing in July. .
Last year, global carbon dioxide emissions rose by just 1%, largely due to pollution from China and India.
“I believe that Russia has the ability to make big changes in what it really wants to do. So if Russia has the ability to illegally wage war and invade other countries, then on the climate issue. We should try to be responsible,” Kelly said.
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