Even the "moderates" on the Harris short-list are bought and paid for by Big Green, Inc.
American Spectator (7/28/24) reports: "When Josh Shapiro ran for governor of Pennsylvania against a weak Republican candidate in 2022, he postured as a moderate Democrat willing to embrace school choice and mollify critics of energy tax schemes. Polls show Shapiro remains reasonably popular in the state despite his lack of any tangible legislative accomplishments. That alone could suffice for Vice President Kamala Harris to select Shapiro as her running mate...One reason the unions may not be receiving any return on the investment they made into Shapiro is because the Democratic Party has become beholden to left-leaning environmental activists that support RGGI. These include the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club, and the Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania, which have all contributed to Shapiro...House Republicans have opened an investigation into an entity that calls itself the Energy Foundation China, a former affiliate of the Energy Foundation, a left-leaning grant operation. Although both organizations list San Francisco as their headquarters, a Fox News investigation concluded that the 'majority' of the operations for the Energy Foundation China take place in China and that the foundation’s staff is closely tied in with the Communist Party of China (CCP). For its part, the Energy Foundation has pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants to groups in Pennsylvania that actively oppose oil and gas production throughout the United States. Big Green Inc., a project of the Institute for Energy Research, a free market group in Washington, D.C., carefully tracks these grants. The NRDC is among the top recipients of Energy Foundation grants. Although the group has denied receiving money from China, NRDC has maintained close relationships with Chinese officials and the CCP, according to Influence Watch. Since Pennsylvania is No. 2 only to Texas in terms of natural gas production, there are geopolitical implications attached to Shapiro’s anti-energy plans. By working to impose costly new regulations on Pennsylvania, Shapiro — Trump could argue — is doing the bidding of Beijing either knowingly or unknowingly."
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"Altogether, irresponsible reporting deliberately sensationalizing the weather is not a reason for consternation or concern. People should enjoy their summer and not worry about the sky falling down, because it won’t. "
– Roy Spencer,
The Heritage Foundation
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