House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks a big climate game —but when it comes to actually reducing her carbon emissions, Pelosi falls way short of her self-described “moral obligation.”
According to the New York Post, “the California Democrat’s campaign paid Virginia-based Advanced Aviation Team a total of $423,707.62 for travel services on 10 occasions between October 2020 and December 2021, according to Federal Election Commission filings.”
“In January last year, the Pelosi team also paid California-based Clay Lacy Aviation $65,457.23, bringing the campaign’s private jet expenses to a grand total of $489,164.85.”
Pelosi previously described her commitment to tackling climate change as a “moral obligation” at COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
“I believe this is God’s creation, and we have a moral obligation to be good stewards,” she said at the time.
“Private jets produce more carbon dioxide emissions than commercial airplanes per passenger, according to a June analysis by European group Transport & Environment,” New York Post reports.
“Flying on a private jet is probably the worst thing you can do for the environment,” T&E aviation director Andrew Murphy said in the report. “And yet, super-rich super polluters are flying around like there’s no climate crisis.”
Nancy Pelosi spent almost $500K on private jets despite climate preaching https://t.co/sDRLFRFE40 pic.twitter.com/kzoCZrcsn2
— New York Post (@nypost) February 7, 2022
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