House Republicans Probe Climate Groups’ Ties to China
Posted on AllSides October 5th, 2021
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A pair of top House Republicans demanded information from several progressive organizations on their ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, ranking member on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Morgan Griffith of Virginia, ranking member on the oversight and investigations subcommittee, wrote letters Sunday to four left-wing climate-focused groups with a series of questions.
The groups—the Sunrise Movement, the Union of Concerned Scientists, MoveOn, and Earthworks—had asked the Biden administration in a July letter to “eschew the dominant antagonistic approach” toward China and work with it on combating climate change....
