Biden’s climate plan prioritizes foreign group’s ‘dark money’ over US military contracts.
Bureaucratic Jargon Raises Concerns Over Outside Group’s Influence on Defense Contractors
Hidden within a proposed federal rule is a piece of bureaucratic jargon that is causing alarm. It suggests that an external organization with questionable connections could have a significant impact on America’s defense contractors.
The rule, identified as FAR-2021-15, is currently in the drafting process. A report, which will take into account the numerous comments received, is due on July 26.
The purpose of the rule, as stated on a federal procurement website, is to “require major Federal suppliers to publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk and to set science-based reduction targets.”
The draft version of the rule specifies that large defense contractors must develop “science-based targets” for reducing greenhouse gases, with these targets being validated by SBTi (Science Based Targets initiative).
SBTi is a partnership between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the World Resources Institute (WRI), and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
A less favorable report from the Washington Free Beacon claims that SBTi is funded by the Democratic Party’s main dark money network. The report also alleges that the We Mean Business Coalition, listed as a partner on SBTi’s website, is a front group for a left-leaning dark money organization called the New Venture Fund.
Aside from concerns about the organization’s financial activities, having it involved in a federal procurement system is unsettling for many. Former SBTi board member Bill Baue, a sustainability expert, expressed concerns about the lack of checks and balances and transparency within the organization.
BP America filed a comment against the rule, stating that appointing a third-party arbiter to determine companies’ eligibility as major contractors could be damaging and counterproductive to the proposal’s decarbonization goals.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce also criticized the plan, highlighting that another outside group, CDP, would be reviewing company data and plans and receiving payment in the process.
Travis Fisher, a senior energy research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, voiced his opposition to the concept, emphasizing that allowing unelected bureaucrats and a climate activist group headquartered in London to oversee long-term planning for national defense contractors is concerning.
Source: The Western Journal
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