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John Roberts issued a fact-check regarding a false claim about President
Joe Biden’s climate plan and what it means for burgers that rocketed around conservative media over the weekend.
Roberts corrected the record on Monday:
On Friday, we told you about a study from the University of Michigan to give some perspective on President Biden’s ambitious climate change goals. That research from 2020 found that cutting back how much red meat people eat would have a drastic impact on harmful greenhouse gas emissions. The data was accurate, but a graphic and the script incorrectly implied it was part of Biden’s plan for dealing with climate change. That is not the case.
By Vivian KaneApr 26th, 2021, 1:58 pm
The White House hosted a two-day virtual summit with 40 world leaders last week, dedicated to discussing the climate crisis. Some of the biggest news out of the summit were the pledges made by a number of countries promising to take steps to cut their carbon emissions.
Ahead of the summit, President Joe Biden promised the U.S. would cut its emissions in half by the end of the decade, and to zero by 2050. It’s an incredibly ambitious pledge, though not the most ambitious promise made during the event, and for now, it’s also just a goal a promise with no legislation in place yet to back it up.
Where’s the Beef?, 2021 Edition (Updated)
There are days when you wonder whether the
New York Times editorial staff is working overtime to amuse us, or whether it comes naturally. They’re keeping alive the stale old sixties cliche, “Any country that can land a man on the moon can solve. . .” Of course, it is the perfect cliche for a president who hails from liberalism’s mesozoic era.
Like this story from their gnomish jester Ezra Klein:
. . . All we need to do is replace the animals, or at least a lot of them. Technologically, we’re closer to that than you might think.