A federal watchdog released an analysis Thursday that showed the Department of State, which houses climate envoy John Kerry's office, hasn't created a system to track carbon emissions.
flew to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, for COP27, the United Nations' latest annual climate change conference. Overall, 259 federal government officials from 17 different agencies and offices were part of the delegation., asked the GAO to determine and disclose the total carbon footprint of the trip. However, the report Thursday stated the watchdog was unable to do so because the State Department, which houses Kerry's climate office, hasn't created a mechanism for tracking such information.
In December 2021, Biden signed an executive order to require federal agencies to track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from travel."Joe Biden and his officials say they are addressing an ‘existential’ crisis by participating in climate conferences, all while traveling on private jets to and from the conferences," Cotton said.
"I’m proud to join Senator Ernst in continuing our push for accountability and stand up for those who are understandably frustrated by the hypocrisy we’ve seen time and time again." Also on Thursday, Ernst is introducing the Executive Branch Emissions Transparency Act, which, if passed, would mandate the federal government to calculate the total greenhouse gas emissions created from Biden administration officials, including the president himself and Kerry., attending high-profile climate summits and diplomatic engagements in an effort to push a global transition from fossil fuels to green energy alternatives.Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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