White House Climate Czar Met Privately With Eco Group Pushing Gas Stove Bans

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FIRST on FOX. White House climate czar Ali Zadi, an aide to President Biden, met privately with three officials from Colorado's Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), an environmental group that bans gas stoves.

Zadi met Jules Kortenhorst, former CEO of RMI. John Cockwith, Director of Government Relations, RMI; and Sarah Ladislav, former RMI executive and head of US programs, in the West Wing of the White House on March 17, 2022, Fox News Digital reviewed visitor logs reported. These three officials have extensive experience as proponents of zero-emissions climate policies that would wean the United States off fossil fuels.

"This meeting is intended to add to President Biden's all-time record of bringing more manufacturing jobs to America and lowering energy costs, not to discredit a conspiracy theory," the White House's Abdullah told Fox News Digital. . Hasan. "Cynics are working overtime to deliver the goods as they try to get Zadid out without the fuss and steak weed: good jobs, cost savings and a better-than-ever American energy sector."

The topics discussed at the meeting with the four people were not recorded in the guest book. RMI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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White House National Climate Adviser Ali Zadi at a press conference on December 16, 2021. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Zadi, who heads the White House Office of Climate Policy, met with RMI executives after Fox News Digital reported that energy secretary Jennifer Granholm had met Kortenhorst a year earlier. The Energy Department said its June 2021 meeting focused on supporting infrastructure legislation that year, not equipment.

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But the White House meeting shows that the Biden administration has forged closer ties with RMI, which is working to accelerate the transition to green energy, including the electrification of the entire economy.

Kortenhorst and Cockett also attended the ceremony at the White House's Disinflation Act RMI Twitter account, according to White House visitor records.

RMI employees have raised $13,132 for the Biden campaign in 2020, according to campaign records. Ladislas, who was among the officials who attended the March 2022 meeting with Zadi, left RMI last month to join the White House's National Security Council post on climate and energy.

Another former senior RMI official, Elizabeth Hartman, joined the Energy Department this month as program manager for strategic innovation and advocacy. Hartman has held various positions at RMI, including chief of staff and group electrical practice leader.

"Millions of homes and apartments in the United States depend on gas appliances for heating and cooking," according to the RMI website. "The burning of gases in buildings is not only on the climate, but also on human health, because these devices are a source of indoor air pollution."

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RMI recently made headlines after receiving funding for a study highlighting the public health risks associated with the use of gas stoves. The study included comments from a member of the Consumer Product Safety Commission quoted in a Bloomberg article in early January that a ban on gas stoves is "on the table."

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met with Rocky Mountain Institute leaders. Reuters/Mary F Culver/File photos

After much criticism from industry groups and Republican lawmakers, the White House has finally said it does not support such a move to ban gas stoves.

A White House official told Fox News Digital on Saturday that natural gas production is at an all-time high and on track to increase.

But the Energy Department and other federal agencies last year moved to regulate hundreds of jobs, including gas furnaces, as part of the Biden administration's broader climate agenda. . Backed by electrification advocacy groups like RMI, the move was supported at the White House Electrification Summit in December.

At the time, the influential green group, the Biden administration, has deep ties to the Chinese government

"Can we move forward and take advantage of the coming economic opportunity? Zaidi said at the conference.

"We are talking about electric heat pumps, now we are talking about electric tractors, we are talking about electricity in all sectors of the economy," he said. "Industrial processes go electric, agricultural processes go electric, buildings go electric."

The White House climate czar spoke at the White House Electrification Summit on December 14. White House/YouTube

While the White House has refused to support a ban on gas boilers, Democratic-led cities and states have passed measures banning natural gas connections in new construction.

In addition, RMI has an important relationship with the Chinese government and Chinese officials. For example, the group works with the Chinese government agency National Development and Reform Commission to explore net zero routes for the country, and is a member of the China Partnership for Clean Transportation, which has strong ties with the Chinese government. .

RMI board member Wei Ding was previously chairman of China International Capital Corporation, which is partly owned by the Chinese government.

“Who benefits from all this? To Communist China," - Senator J. "I think it's time to answer a few questions under oath before Congress, the chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission."