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| The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), huge influence on Biden administration policymaking, has deep ties to the Chinese government. |
| 2022-09-27 |
| [FoxNews] Green groups' ties to China will be 'top priority' for House Republicans after midterms, GOP spokesperson says. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a major U.S. green group that has influenced Biden administration policymaking, has deep ties to the Chinese government. The NRDC, a non-profit organization based in New York City with total assets exceeding $450 million, has worked on climate issues extensively in China since the mid-1990s and several of its top officials have worked for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or government-sponsored institutions. The NRDC also maintains a close working relationship with President Biden's administration. The NRDC's former president, Gina McCarthy, served as Biden's climate czar up from January 2021 until earlier this month. Current president, Manish Bapna, has attended at least two White House meetings, visitor logs reviewed by Fox News Digital show. The NRDC regularly communicates with Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry's office on policy issues, according to internal State Department emails obtained by the watchdog group Protect the Public's Trust and shared with Fox News Digital. On its website, the NRDC highlights its collaboration with a "wide range of Chinese and international partners" to boost green policies and "fortify" environmental regulations in the country. The NRDC, though, rarely condemns the communist government in China despite the nation's massive world-leading carbon footprint and its commitment to fossil fuel energy. China accounts for about 27% of total global emissions — nearly tripling the total in the U.S., the world's second-largest emitter, according to Rhodium Group — and continues to approve and construct a large amount of coal power plants. "China has made a serious commitment to turning its cities into healthier places to live and currently leads the world in renewable energy installation and electric vehicle penetration," the NRDC website states. While the group has a sizable international program that extends into Canada, India and Latin America, its sole office outside the U.S. is located in Beijing, China's capital city. The NRDC's Chinese language website states the office is registered under the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau and supervised by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration of China. The NRDC's most recent tax filings showed that the Chinese office is staffed with 35 employees and has a $4.2 million annual budget. By comparison, the group's international work in North America, South America, South Asia and the Middle East has 11 staffers and a $1.1 million annual budget. It is unclear whether the NRDC accepts direct or indirect funding from individuals or organizations affiliated with the Chinese government. The Internal Revenue Service generally does not require nonprofit organizations to publicly disclose donor information. In addition, numerous key members of its Beijing office have previously worked for China's communist government or left the group for a government position. For example, Jieqing Zhang, the director of NRDC's China program, was the former deputy director-general of China's International Cooperation Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. Kai Duan, an NRDC senior project manager, also worked for a subagency within the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. JingJing Qian, a current senior strategic adviser for the group's China program, formerly worked at China’s Ministry of Science and Technology. Another senior adviser, Yinying Chen, previously worked in "universities, government agencies, state-owned enterprises and private companies," her NRDC profile says. Hui Huang, a project manager for NRDC's climate and energy project in China, in the past worked for the China Datang Corporation, a state-owned electricity generation firm. And, Zhiming Pan, the director of NRDC's city project, was previously an official at the Chinese Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. "We strive, in all of our offices, to build teams centered around the most knowledgeable and effective staff available," Amanda Maxwell, the managing director of NRDC’s international program, told Fox News Digital in a statement. "In approving our advocacy positions, in China and the United States, we rely on our U.S.-based executive leadership, and no one else." Related: Natural Resources Defense Council: 2022-03-06 Evil Soros & Russia Funded the Same US Anti-Fracking Enviro Groups Natural Resources Defense Council: 2019-08-14 Newark handing out bottled water as lead levels test high Natural Resources Defense Council: 2019-06-10 Great Lakes Reveal a Fatal Flaw in Climate Change ‘Science' |
| Posted by:NoMoreBS |
| #3 Watermelon. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-09-27 12:30 |
| #2 Quislings or useful idiots, the lot of them. |
| Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158 2022-09-27 11:53 |
| #1 The NRDC was also the organisation which pushed the infamous 'Apple Alar Scare' several years ago which decimated the Washington Apple growers Industry based purely on Junk Science. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2022-09-27 00:11 |