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The State Department formally removed the Office of the Special Envoy of the Climate President, and former President Joe Biden created and appointed John Kerry as part of his radical agenda to combat global warming, Washington Free Beacon Learned. [emphasis, links added]
In Free beaconA senior State Council official confirmed that the office was closed and pointed out Its mission is inconsistent with the Trump administration’s agenda.
Recently deleted pages that have both deleted the Office of the Special Climate Envoy and the State Department's environmentally-related initiatives.
“This climate office has long been captured by ideological rather than common sense policies. The new chapter of the State Department will not include the office,” said Dr. Officials told Free beacon. “This is part of a broader effort to authorize regional bureaus and embassies to conduct diplomacy effectively.”
The lawsuit is part of a broader effort announced by the sprawling agency Tuesday morning to simplify its operations, save money, and ensure it can be delivered with President Donald Trump's foreign policy agenda.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said: “In its current form, the department is swollen, bureaucratic and unable to carry out its basic diplomatic mission.”
This marks the Trump administration’s continued deviation from the foreign policy approach of the Biden era, which makes climate change at the heart of its engagement with foreign countries.
For example, during his first action to lead the State Department, Rubio immediately evacuated the United States from the 2015 Paris climate agreement, which he said was It weakens the country's intention to become the world's most premier energy producer.
A senior White House official told American Workers that the Trump administration’s focus is to reduce the daily cost of American workers, rather than unlocking the U.S. energy advantages to foreign governments. ” Free beacon.
Overall, the office of the special presidential climate envoy had an annual budget of nearly $17 million during the Biden administration, with about 30 officials staffed by the 30 officials, according to documents obtained by the oversight team.
Biden named Kerry's first special presidential envoy, giving him a seat in the White House Cabinet and the National Security Council, and authorizing him to lead international negotiations, interact directly with foreign heads of state, and lead U.S. delegations at many global climate conferences.
Kerry, who served in the position for three years from January 2021 to early 2024, used the position to launch a full-scale attack on fossil fuels and actively promoted the transition to green alternatives such as solar panels. Kerry also targeted the carbon footprint of agriculture, leading dozens of lawmakers to call on Biden and agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack to decline comment.
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