Outgoing local weather czar John Kerry has created a storm over his crass assertion about Russia.
The particular envoy for local weather — being moved to President Biden’s marketing campaign committee this spring — mentioned if Russia makes “a greater effort to reduce emissions,” it’d “open up the door for people to feel better about what Russia is choosing to do.” He was referring to Russia’s murderous invasion of Ukraine.
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It’s not clear from the video from a international press briefing earlier this week if Kerry elaborated or if the journalists within the room pressed him for extra.
A Climate Office spokesman informed the Herald Friday that Kerry prefaced his assertion, as video reveals, that Russia’s invasion greater than two years in the past stays unlawful.
“Sec. Kerry began by saying that he believed ‘that if Russia has the ability to wage a war illegally and invade another country, they ought to be able to find the effort to be responsible on the climate issue,’” the spokesman said.
“And unfortunately,” the spokesman mentioned Kerry added, “because of the actions that Russia took in an unprovoked, illegal war against another nation, we have not been engaged in discussions with Russia.”
The spokesman added, “If you read the entire quote, he was clearly talking about their emissions and climate record and not the Ukraine war when he said people would feel better about what they are doing right now.”
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