Time’s Up: Biden-Harris Bureaucrats Should Pay Their Own Way to UN Climate Junket

November 8, 2024

At the tail end of a failed administration following an agenda written by eco-left climate activists, Biden-Harris administration officials will be jet-setting next week to Central Asia for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29). Despite voters overwhelmingly rejecting this radical environmentalist agenda, their trips will be entirely taxpayer-funded. Now, Power The Future is calling on government employees to foot their own bill for attending the COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. It’s time for these bureaucrats to stop wasting Americans’ hard-earned dollars on their elite climate junkets. In a Power The Future press release, Daniel Turner states:

“Elitist climate junkets were always a dubious use of taxpayer dollars, and especially after voters made it clear they wanted a break from the status quo of the Biden-Harris administration that placed such a heavy emphasis on climate issues,” said Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director for Power The Future. “It’s bad enough these faceless and soon-to-be-unemployed bureaucrats want to use this conference to network for their next gig. If they insist on flying around the world, they should do so on their time and dime or hop aboard one of the many private jets making the trip chartered by out-of-touch celebrities and elitists.”

The COP29 conference, taking place over 6,000 miles away from Washington D.C., is a prime example of the hypocrisy and wastefulness of the climate elite. Each round-trip flight to Baku emits a staggering amount of carbon, yet these bureaucrats have the audacity to lecture us on reducing our carbon footprint. It’s high time they practice what they preach and stop squandering our tax dollars on their globe-trotting vacations.

These bureaucrats, many of whom will soon be out of a job, should not be using their final days in office to rack up frequent flyer miles at Americans’ expense. If they truly believe in the hoax they are pushing, they should put their money where their mouth is and fund their own travels or not travel at all.

Power The Future watching any Biden-Harris official who travels to COP29 on the public’s dime. We will share examples of this wasteful spending with the new Congress and the incoming administration. It’s time to hold these bureaucrats accountable and ensure that our tax dollars are spent responsibly.

The era of taxpayer-funded climate junkets must come to an end. The Biden-Harris administration’s bureaucrats should be made to pay their own way to COP29, especially after voters have rejected their climate agenda. It’s time for a new approach that prioritizes American workers, not the whims of the climate elite.