Tag: John Kerry

John Kerry Draws Criticism for Brushing Off Question on CCP’s Crimes Against Uyghurs

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry appeared to be indifferent to the plight of Uyghurs in China when he said “life is always full of tough choices” in a recent interview with Bloomberg. Kerry was asked, “Clearly a priority of the Biden administration is really addressing climate, but it’s not the only priority. There are other…


Facts Matter (Sept. 22): North Carolina Hospital System Suspends Hundreds of Employees After Vaccine Mandate

Recently, the Biden administration moved to nationalize the distribution of monoclonal antibodies, which is a popular, non-hospital treatment for COVID-19. And they essentially took the power away from the states and placed the federal government in charge of allocating, distributing, and choosing which states get this treatment. Meanwhile, according to newly released financial disclosure filings,…


Beijing Cements Washington’s Climate Fail

Commentary The Biden administration’s recent visit to China has highlighted Washington’s failure to fix the climate change problem. Most scientists say greenhouse gas emissions (GhGs) are causing irreversible global warming, and if we don’t make changes quickly, like burning less fossil fuel, then irreversible climate catastrophe will result. China is the world’s biggest emitter by…


Beijing Demands US Fulfill Wish List in Exchange for Cooperation on Climate Change

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi gave U.S. climate envoy John Kerry a set of instructions that the United States should follow if the Biden administration seeks Beijing’s cooperation on climate change. Kerry is currently on the second leg of his Asia trip for negotiations on climate action. He first traveled to Japan before arriving in…


Doubling Down on Crises

Commentary If a crisis is a terrible thing to waste, how terrible would it be to waste two simultaneous crises? While still in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis and the Delta variant (isn’t “crisis” overused and thus losing its power?), comes a report from a panel of scientists assembled by the United Nations Intergovernmental…


Wrong Predictions Don’t Deter the Predictors

Commentary We have always had them among us: fortune tellers, diviners, readers of palms, tarot cards, tea leaves, stars, horoscopes, discerners of animal entrails, calling on gods of wood and stone, and all sorts of other “seers” who have attempted to convince the gullible that they have the power to predict the future. To some,…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (July 1)

The Trump Organization and its chief financial officer plead not guilty today, after the Manhattan district attorney charged them with tax fraud. Luxury spending is booming. What’s hot? And what’s behind the surge? And what would we need to do to transform our economy to take on climate change? John Kerry says the change could be even bigger than the…


Pope Francis Meets with John Kerry, Marking Change in Post-Trump Vatican-US Relations

VATICAN—Pope Francis met with John Kerry, climate envoy for the Biden Administration, on May 14 after a closed-door conference on “Dreaming of a Better Restart” for the global economy. Kerry will be one of the first U.S. Administration officials to meet with Pope Francis since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the first of the Biden Administration….


Kerry Acknowledges CCP Human Rights Abuses Present ‘Problem’ for US Climate Strategy

The Biden administration’s climate envoy, John Kerry, acknowledged Wednesday that reports of forced labor central to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) green energy policies present a “problem” to the national climate strategy.


China Emits More Greenhouse Gas Than Developed Countries Combined: Report

China emitted more greenhouse gases (GHG) than the United States and all other developed countries combined in 2019, according to a report published on May 6 by New York-based research firm Rhodium Group. The report found that China alone was responsible for over 27 percent of total global emissions, with the United States being a…