H/T Climate Change Dispatch
Globetrotting in fuel-powered jets to argue against fuel power and in favour of flat-out climate obsession always looked bizarre. Now there’s no room for greenblob ideology and its burden on taxpayers in the Trump administration.
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The State Department is formally removing the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, the office former president Joe Biden created and appointed John Kerry to lead as part of his aggressive agenda to combat global warming, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
In a statement to the Free Beacon, a senior State Department official confirmed the office has been shuttered, noting that its mission did not align with the Trump administration’s agenda.
Web pages for both the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and the State Department’s initiatives relating to the environment were recently deleted.
“This climate office has long been captured by ideology instead of common-sense policy. The new chapter of the State Department will not include this office,” the official told the Free Beacon. “This is part of a broader effort to empower regional bureaus and embassies to effectively carry out diplomacy.”
The action is part of a broader effort the sprawling agency announced Tuesday morning to streamline its operations, save taxpayers money, and ensure it is capable of delivering on President Donald Trump’s foreign policy agenda.
“In its current form, the department is bloated, bureaucratic, and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, adding that the agency has become “beholden to radical political ideology.”
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“The Trump Administration is focused on reducing the everyday cost of living for the American worker, not apologizing to foreign governments for unleashing America’s energy dominance,” a senior White House official told the Free Beacon.
Overall, the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate was given an annual budget of nearly $17 million and a staff of about 30 officials during the Biden administration, according to documents obtained by watchdog group Protect the Public’s Trust.
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April 28, 2025 at 03:46AM
