Did You Know? George Santos Worked On Carbon Capture During His Time At Goldman Sachs!
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From the beginning of his candidacy for New York’s 3rd District seat on Long Island, Santos offered misleading or false claims about his role in the energy industry. For example, Santos appeared on a podcast at the Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC, in which he criticized President Joe Biden’s climate change agenda before claiming he played a role in developing carbon capture technology.
“Allow our men and women who are out there drilling responsibly with carbon capture technology that I’ve helped develop, that I’ve helped fundraise for in my career,” he said. “I’ve had a very extensive role in gas and oil in this country, and I can tell you we cause far less harm to the environment than the occasional accident.” In the summer of 2022, Santos appeared on a Newsday podcast and said that he had stood up at a Goldman Sachs conference and told the crowd that renewable energy was a “scam.” That story appears to be false, CNN reported. “Have you ever heard of a Goldman Sachs employee take the stage at the largest private equity conference in the world — SALT, run by Anthony Scaramucci — and berate their employer? Well, I did that,” Santos said. “And I did it in the fashion of renewable energy and global warming. This was the panel I was on. And they’re all talking about solar, wind, and this was back, what, seven years ago now? And I said, you know what, this is a scam. It’s taxpayer money that gets subsidized.”
Santos has also leaned into climate denial while attacking Democrats, claiming that human-caused climate change is part of a natural cycle. “AOC and the progressives have 0 understanding of how the Oil & Gas industry has done more for the environment than the government ever will,” he tweeted in December 2021, referring to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). “By the way it’s called CLIMATE CYCLE and we need to accept that FACT.”
Santos has also criticized clean energy policies and regulations that Democrats proposed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. His statements echo other Republicans lawmakers. “Screw the environment and the Green New Deal because if there’s no people, if we’re not saving our people from this atrocious situation we’re in, what good is the environment going to do for us,” he said on the conservative podcast “Police Off The Cuff.”
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https://www.eenews.net/articles/lawmaker-who-admitted-to-lying-made-carbon-capture-claims/
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