Posted on 09/21/2023 6:37:23 AM PDT by lowbridge
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was promptly fact-checked on Tuesday after spewing a "complete falsehood" about greenhouse gas emissions.
At a House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources hearing on the Biden administration's "mismanagement of the federal onshore oil and gas program," Ocasio-Cortez claimed that nearly one-quarter of U.S. "carbon pollution" comes from oil and gas drilling on federal lands.
"As it stands, nearly a quarter of the United States' current carbon pollution comes from fossil fuel production on federal lands and waters," she claimed.
But according to Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, the New York Democrat is wrong.
Not only did Sgamma open her testimony by calling out Ocasio-Cortez for her "complete falsehood," but with data in hand, Sgamma corrected the record.
"I just want to start off by correcting something the ranking member said in her opening statement. She claimed that oil and gas production on federal lands is responsible for about a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions," Sgamma said.
"That's based on a misreading of a USGS study of greenhouse gas emissions," she explained. "And if you actually look at the numbers, production on federal lands and waters accounts for 0.6% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions — not 'nearly a quarter.' Even the Interior Department stopped using that number after I simply pointed out the numbers from the USGS report."
Democrats often claim that a sizable chunk of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions come from drilling on federal lands to justify their push to end drilling on federal lands.
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AOC picked up her statistics at a bar.
But, but, but, the bartender knows all....
It’s only about a 5,000% exaggeration, so, who can blame AOC for being slightly off?
Alexandra Occasional-Cortex needs to cough up who gave her that false statistic. There is an organization behind that lie.
This story might lead on the 6 o’clock news, but it will only quote what AOC said, not the rebuttal. It will not be false to state that they are quoting AOC. Other news outlets and internet posts will pick it up but forget that it was just a quote. That is how lying propaganda becomes “fact” for a gullible public
“I just want to start off by correcting something the ranking member said in her opening statement. She claimed that oil and gas production on federal lands is responsible for about a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions,” Sgamma said.
“That’s based on a misreading of a USGS study of greenhouse gas emissions,” she explained....
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Well, that’s nice but the starting point for losing this battle was the instant that folks started to agree with their definition of what constituted a ‘greenhouse gas emission’....Regain that ground and I’ll be impressed.
Isn’t it a sad state for our nation when AOC is the “ranking” member of any committee.
Oil and gas production on federal lands is responsible for about a quarter of greenhouse gas emission.
Cortez thinks China is just a plate has no idea how much coal they burn a day.
Being called out on stupid sh** she says is not going to stop AOC!
Forward!
“Coyote statistics”
Calling cortez "ranking" is appropriate in more than one way.
That, and CO2 is a vital trace gas crucial to all life on earth.
Not “pollution”.
bingo!
we lose when we use their language
U.S. greenhouse gas (CO2) emmissons are irrelevent and not a problem. It is a hoax. Stop playing along with them.
AOC is 100% carbon pollution.
Not everyone can afford a $100,000 Tesla to drive through Starbucks. BTW there is no such thing as fossil fuels.
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