First FNC Hit and National Monuments
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It was a busy (but good) week for me. There are lots of updates to share with you. Apologies for sending this out later than usual!
First Fox News TV Hit
On Monday, I did my first-ever Fox News Channel TV hit.
I appeared on Fox & Friends First with hosts Todd Piro and Ashley Strohmier to discuss Vice President Kamala Harris’ inaugural visit to Africa as an elected official. I analyzed her skipping over Congo, where rare earth mineral cobalt used for EVs and Biden’s clean energy agenda is sourced from, and how the economic development projects she’s pushing are flawed clean energy ones. I also discussed how one of the three countries on her itinerary, Ghana, nearly collapsed last year due to investment in green bonds (or Green, Social and Sustainable bonds).
I was a tad nervous in the beginning but got into the stream of things quickly. Hope this will be the first of many appearances in the future.
Thanks for the kind words and support!
Biden Harms True Conservation by Misusing Antiquities Act
Last week, President Biden announced the creation of two new national monuments.
The decision isn’t random. Biden wants to win back environmentalists he angered after approving the Alaska Willow Project.
The Avi Kwa Ame National Monument consists of over 500,000 federal land acres in Clark County, Nevada, while the proposed Castner Range National Monument near El Paso, Texas, will sit on roughly 7,000 public land acres. The order also directs Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo “to consider initiating a new National Marine Sanctuary designation” protecting all U.S. waters around Pacific Remote Islands within 30 days of the announcement.
Why monuments and why now? The White House claims the sites will bolster the administration’s 30-by-30 initiative to “conserve” 30 percent of waters and 30 percent of lands by 2030. The plan purportedly touts conservation yet fails to define it and insists on a whole-of-government approach to environmental stewardship. The ultimate goal is to rewild the entire U.S., which is infeasible and not conservationist.
National monuments permanently protect “antiquities”—namely objects, memorials, or sites for cultural, historic or scientific purposes—on public lands. Presidents have the authority to create, expand, diminish, or abolish them under the Antiquities Act of 1906. But the scope of presidential powers is rightly being challenged.
Section 2 of the law states presidents can create national monuments “confined to the smallest area compatible with proper care and management of the objects to be protected.”
Sights and Sounds from the Past Week
IWF Goes to Congress
IWN NOVA Chapter Re-launch
National Review Institute Ideas Summit
Upcoming Speeches
George Mason University - Fairfax, VA - April 19th at 7:30pm ET/ Room TBD
Kansas State Rifle Association Annual Meeting - Lenexa, KS - April 22nd
University of Wisconsin-River Falls - River Falls, WI - May 4th / Room TBA
Freedom Fest 2023 - Memphis, TN - July 12-15 / Renasant Convention Center
ICYMI
Articles/ commentary/media appearances from the past week.
MEDIA MENTIONS
I appeared on FOX & Friends First and it was reposted on Yahoo! News.
ARTICLES/BLOGS
RealClear Markets: ESG Posturing Informs Too Much of Biden's Budget Proposal
Richmond Times-Dispatch: The PRO Act will disempower Virginia workers
OC Register: Rideshare drivers want to remain independent contractors. California should get out of their way
Townhall: Biden Harms True Conservation by Misusing Antiquities Act
IWF: Report - Companies Paying Pretty Penny For ESG Scores
Podcasts You May Have Missed
Catch up on District of Conservation episodes below.
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—Gabriella