Worldwide Equity

On his second day in office, Joe Biden shut down our Keystone XL pipeline at the time when we were finally not only energy independent, but one of the world’s leading producers of energy. Why? Biden will claim he did so to reduce our carbon emissions to stop climate change. But three months later, Biden lifted the sanctions Donald Trump had placed on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline, giving the Russians the ability to transport their oil from their Arctic to Germany and the rest of Europe, making Russia one of the world’s leading energy producers, enriching and emboldening them to help finance their nefarious actions, like an invasion of Ukraine. If reducing carbon emission was the reason for shutting down the Keystone Pipeline, why would Biden open up Nord Stream for the Russians?

On Friday, China, who was exempted from the greenhouse gas restrictions set forth in the Paris Climate Accords in 2015, ordered 100 million metric tons of coal from Russia. Why was China exempted from the emission standards in the Paris Accords while the United States was to bear the steepest burden in both expense and restrictions? China is the 2nd largest economy in the world and are set to overtake the United States by the end of the decade. Does China care about protecting the rest of the world from the effects of climate change? They will burn every last ounce of that coal and spew its carbon into the world’s atmosphere with a smile on their face. The Paris Climate Accords was never about protecting the world’s climate; it was mainly about knocking America down and lifting other countries up, imposing “equity” on the world.

In February, Joe Biden also lifted the sanctions the Trump administration imposed on Iran who continued to build its nuclear weapons program even after signing the 2015 Nuclear Treaty (JCPOA) whose main purpose was to stop Iran’s nuclear program. This is what the left’s idea of worldwide equity looks like; Iran whose leaders chant “death to Israel” having nuclear weapons while the United States is being pushed to reduce our nuclear capabilities. They believe that it is inherently unfair for certain countries to have nuclear weapons, while other countries are prevented from possessing them. They don’t factor in that some of these countries are led by irrational actors, who want these weapons for evil purposes, and will use them preemptively to attack their enemies.