Records reveal that the chairman of a firm with ties to China that wants to electrify the American economy gave campaign money to House Democrats who voted against two GOP measures to stop President Joe Biden from outlawing gas stoves.
Thomas Pyle, head of the Institute for Energy Research, a pro-fossil fuels organization, told an online magazine that "what bothers me about this entire gas stoves problem is the amount of cooperation." "The public generally opposes paying extra for items that they know provide them freedom, access, and mobility and make their lives simpler."
Democrats included Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) voted against the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act and the Save Our Gas Stoves Act on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to campaign finance disclosures, Hal Harvey, the founder and president of Climate Imperative, a nonprofit organization with connections to China that has given large grants to activists supporting expansive electrification policies, has supported the cohort and other congressional Democrats who are prioritizing green programs to the tune of almost $23,000.
Republicans have criticized the Biden administration over government intentions to outlaw gas stoves in an effort to ostensibly combat climate change. The Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, sponsored by Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), would forbid the Consumer Product Safety Commission from using tax dollars to "regulate gas stoves as a banned hazardous product" or implement any "product safety standard" that would prevent the sale of gas stoves or "substantially increase their price." The House approved the bill on Tuesday by a vote of 248 to 180.
Richard Trumka Jr., the agency's commissioner, wrote a document in October 2022 proposing a ban on gas stoves. Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK), along with four other Republicans, co-sponsored Armstrong's measure that targets the commission. Separately, Rep. Debbie Lesko's (R-AZ) Save Our Gas Stoves Act, which seeks to change regulations so that kitchen appliance standards "cannot be 'economically justified' if it likely will result in the unavailability of a type (or class) of product based on what type of fuel the product consumes in the United States," a bill summary states, passed 249 to 181 votes.
In his closely reviewed message, Trumka quoted an article from January 13 titled "Pros and Cons of Induction Cooktops and Ranges," which in turn refers to an item from January 12 titled "Induction Cooktops and Ranges Are So Good You May Not Miss Your Gas Appliance." According to tax documents, the Jan. 12 article quoted a research dated Oct. 4, 2022, tying gas stoves to pediatric asthma. Climate Imperative contributed $375,000 to the study's funding in 2021. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) started looking into the prize earlier this year.
In 2020, Harvey, a seasoned climate campaigner who had previously formed the policy firm Energy Innovation, founded the Climate Imperative in San Francisco. During the 2021 tax year, Climate Imperative raised over $221 million from eight contributors and distributed over $100 million in grants to environmental organizations. The foundation has previously given grants to Chinese organizations, most notably sending $8.6 million to an unnamed source in its first year of operation to assist in the creation of a Chinese energy report that will be published in 2022 by the nation's National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Administration, according to Fox News.
According to the publication, Climate Imperative has also donated $400,000 to the Asia Foundation, a worldwide nonprofit organization, to promote carbon neutrality in China, and $300,000 to the Institute for Sustainable Communities, another international tax-exempt organization, to "accelerate" China's green energy program.
Harvey gave Blumenauer's Committee for a Livable Future $2,500 in April after contributing the congressman's campaign a total of $3,500 between September 2021 and February 2022, according to filings. Additionally, he has donated $7,400 to Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL), who opposed Lesko's gas stove measure but did not vote for Armstrong's, and $1,000 each to Krishnamoorthi, Khanna, and Schiff.
Will Reinert, a spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee, told the Washington Examiner that extreme Democrats "continue willing to compromise Americans' freedoms for the sake of special interest groups with links to China." They'll target your gas-powered automobiles next if they try to outlaw gas stoves first.
Harvey also contributed $2,900 to Sen. Martin Heinrich's (D-NM) campaign in the first quarter of 2023.
Would you permit your nanny to smoke inside your home? Heinrich tweeted a link to "The Case for Induction Cooking, Versus Gas Stoves" from the New York Times in March 2022. A gas stove in your house can be just as harmful.
The contributions from Harvey, together with other legislator contributions, provide a glimpse into the strategies used by rich climate activists to influence or support federal politicians who support the green energy agenda. One of the organizations connected to the crackdown on gas stoves that has come under fire from Congress for promoting electrification measures that conservatives claim will destroy the economy and fossil fuel sector is Climate Imperative.
The public is becoming more aware of how self-serving and harmful their goal is, Pyle continued. There are compromises. There are further environmental issues to consider if you convert from an energy system based on hydrocarbons to one based on minerals and materials, which is what they desire.
Cruz and James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, asked Climate Imperative in writing for records on the $375,000 award in 2021 for the study of gas stoves. The Republicans also requested information on Wang Yi, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences who, according to sources, was earlier this year identified by Climate Imperative as a member of its advisory board while serving in China's legislature.
According to tax records, the Climate Imperative Foundation recently transferred $23.3 million to the Energy Foundation, a San Francisco-based organization with a branch office in Beijing. Ji Zou, former deputy director general for China's National Climate Change Strategy Centre, an organization under the government's Reform Commission for National Development, is the CEO and president of the China foundation, according to the non-profit organization.
Records reveal that Harvey formed the Energy Foundation and served as its president from its founding until 2002.
Between April 2021 and September 2021, Harvey contributed a total of $2,000 to Rep. Josh Harder's (D-CA) campaign. After receiving abuse from Republicans in March for vetoing an amendment to prevent a ban on gas stoves, the congressman eventually joined them in supporting the Armstrong and Lesko bills.
House Democratic campaigns and Climate Imperative did not respond to calls for comment.
Thomas Pyle, head of the Institute for Energy Research, a pro-fossil fuels organization, told an online magazine that "what bothers me about this entire gas stoves problem is the amount of cooperation." "The public generally opposes paying extra for items that they know provide them freedom, access, and mobility and make their lives simpler."
Democrats included Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) voted against the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act and the Save Our Gas Stoves Act on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to campaign finance disclosures, Hal Harvey, the founder and president of Climate Imperative, a nonprofit organization with connections to China that has given large grants to activists supporting expansive electrification policies, has supported the cohort and other congressional Democrats who are prioritizing green programs to the tune of almost $23,000.
Republicans have criticized the Biden administration over government intentions to outlaw gas stoves in an effort to ostensibly combat climate change. The Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, sponsored by Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), would forbid the Consumer Product Safety Commission from using tax dollars to "regulate gas stoves as a banned hazardous product" or implement any "product safety standard" that would prevent the sale of gas stoves or "substantially increase their price." The House approved the bill on Tuesday by a vote of 248 to 180.
Richard Trumka Jr., the agency's commissioner, wrote a document in October 2022 proposing a ban on gas stoves. Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK), along with four other Republicans, co-sponsored Armstrong's measure that targets the commission. Separately, Rep. Debbie Lesko's (R-AZ) Save Our Gas Stoves Act, which seeks to change regulations so that kitchen appliance standards "cannot be 'economically justified' if it likely will result in the unavailability of a type (or class) of product based on what type of fuel the product consumes in the United States," a bill summary states, passed 249 to 181 votes.
In his closely reviewed message, Trumka quoted an article from January 13 titled "Pros and Cons of Induction Cooktops and Ranges," which in turn refers to an item from January 12 titled "Induction Cooktops and Ranges Are So Good You May Not Miss Your Gas Appliance." According to tax documents, the Jan. 12 article quoted a research dated Oct. 4, 2022, tying gas stoves to pediatric asthma. Climate Imperative contributed $375,000 to the study's funding in 2021. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) started looking into the prize earlier this year.
In 2020, Harvey, a seasoned climate campaigner who had previously formed the policy firm Energy Innovation, founded the Climate Imperative in San Francisco. During the 2021 tax year, Climate Imperative raised over $221 million from eight contributors and distributed over $100 million in grants to environmental organizations. The foundation has previously given grants to Chinese organizations, most notably sending $8.6 million to an unnamed source in its first year of operation to assist in the creation of a Chinese energy report that will be published in 2022 by the nation's National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Administration, according to Fox News.
According to the publication, Climate Imperative has also donated $400,000 to the Asia Foundation, a worldwide nonprofit organization, to promote carbon neutrality in China, and $300,000 to the Institute for Sustainable Communities, another international tax-exempt organization, to "accelerate" China's green energy program.
Harvey gave Blumenauer's Committee for a Livable Future $2,500 in April after contributing the congressman's campaign a total of $3,500 between September 2021 and February 2022, according to filings. Additionally, he has donated $7,400 to Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL), who opposed Lesko's gas stove measure but did not vote for Armstrong's, and $1,000 each to Krishnamoorthi, Khanna, and Schiff.
Will Reinert, a spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee, told the Washington Examiner that extreme Democrats "continue willing to compromise Americans' freedoms for the sake of special interest groups with links to China." They'll target your gas-powered automobiles next if they try to outlaw gas stoves first.
Harvey also contributed $2,900 to Sen. Martin Heinrich's (D-NM) campaign in the first quarter of 2023.
Would you permit your nanny to smoke inside your home? Heinrich tweeted a link to "The Case for Induction Cooking, Versus Gas Stoves" from the New York Times in March 2022. A gas stove in your house can be just as harmful.
The contributions from Harvey, together with other legislator contributions, provide a glimpse into the strategies used by rich climate activists to influence or support federal politicians who support the green energy agenda. One of the organizations connected to the crackdown on gas stoves that has come under fire from Congress for promoting electrification measures that conservatives claim will destroy the economy and fossil fuel sector is Climate Imperative.
The public is becoming more aware of how self-serving and harmful their goal is, Pyle continued. There are compromises. There are further environmental issues to consider if you convert from an energy system based on hydrocarbons to one based on minerals and materials, which is what they desire.
Cruz and James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, asked Climate Imperative in writing for records on the $375,000 award in 2021 for the study of gas stoves. The Republicans also requested information on Wang Yi, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences who, according to sources, was earlier this year identified by Climate Imperative as a member of its advisory board while serving in China's legislature.
According to tax records, the Climate Imperative Foundation recently transferred $23.3 million to the Energy Foundation, a San Francisco-based organization with a branch office in Beijing. Ji Zou, former deputy director general for China's National Climate Change Strategy Centre, an organization under the government's Reform Commission for National Development, is the CEO and president of the China foundation, according to the non-profit organization.
Records reveal that Harvey formed the Energy Foundation and served as its president from its founding until 2002.
Between April 2021 and September 2021, Harvey contributed a total of $2,000 to Rep. Josh Harder's (D-CA) campaign. After receiving abuse from Republicans in March for vetoing an amendment to prevent a ban on gas stoves, the congressman eventually joined them in supporting the Armstrong and Lesko bills.
House Democratic campaigns and Climate Imperative did not respond to calls for comment.
