Kerry Manages To Link Russian Emissions To Ukraine War
Former Secretary of State John Kerry has been a reliable source of environmental alarmism since being named President Joe Biden’s climate czar, painting an apocalyptic vision of the world’s future even as he and his wife emitted hundreds of metric tons of carbon dioxide in private jet flights.
Kerry stepped down from the Biden administration position this week in order to take on a new role in the president’s re-election campaign. On the day before he vacated the post, he offered a climate-centered take on the Russia-Ukraine war that sparked a flurry of online criticism.
Complaining that Russia “is one of the largest emitters in the world,” he called on the country to “show good faith” and “announce what their reductions are going to be and make a greater effort to reduce emissions.”
If the nation did that, he suggested, opponents of the Ukraine invasion last year might be convinced to look the other way.
“Maybe that would open up the door for people to feel better about what Russia is choosing to do at this point in time,” Kerry claimed.
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Of course, this was hardly the first time he offered a controversial comparison of the supposed climate crisis to wartime situations.
In commemoration of the D-Day anniversary last year, he said of the Allied forces during World War II: “They were fighting for a set of values I would say to you are just as important today as they were then. They put their lives on the line to fight against fascism, tyranny and misinformation and the savage slaughter of innocent lives. Make no mistake, just as that was a fight for the future as much as anything we have ever faced, what we are seeing now is the same.”
During his remarks this week, Kerry continued his reference to the Ukrainian invasion in the context of the environment.
“I believe that Russia has the ability to make enormous changes in what they really want to do,” he said. “I mean, if Russia has the ability to wage a war illegally and invade another country, they ought to find the effort to be responsible on the climate issue.”