A watchdog group is warning that an energy transition advocacy nonprofit currently impacting U.S. climate policy has ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a fact this group insists should motivate Congress to investigate.

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Just the News has the story:

A new report by State Armor argues that the CCP is co-opting the American progressive climate change lobby to advance a transition away from fossil fuels. The alternative technologies being pushed by this lobby, according to the report, create significant economic and geopolitical advantages by undermining U.S. energy dominance and leaving it dependent on Chinese supply chains for its energy production.

“It creates a dependence on our side and deprives us of a natural strength, which is our energy independence that comes from other resources,” Michael Lucci, CEO of State Armor, told Just the News. State Armor is a non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for state solutions to global security threats.

State Armor focuses on Energy Foundation China (EFC), a group it alleges “functions as a central node that’s part of a larger network”:

The report focuses on Energy Foundation China (EFC) and documents the group’s ties to climate advocacy groups in the U.S. that are influencing climate policy. Energy China describes itself as a 501(3) non-profit which says its mission is “facilitating exchanges with and providing grants to policy research groups, industry associations, academic institutions, and non-governmental organizations committed to sustainable energy development and the energy transition.”

According to the report, Energy Foundation China has ties to the Chinese government and coordinates with the CCP. It purportedly embedded itself in American universities and supported an event in 2023 in which California Gov. Gavin Newsom visited China. Lucci said the group functions as a central node that’s part of a larger network.

“A key concept with China is what’s called a united front. This is their broad approach to political warfare. It’s Leninist. It’s actually directly out of Lenin where they get it. It’s a communist approach to political warfare. And they stand up central nodes or central institutions like EFC. And then, around that, they try to just build any allies they can that are aligned with a communist vision or China’s vision, and to attack or to delegitimize those who stand against the party’s interest — the party’s interest on energy, in this case,” Lucci explained.

State Armor reports that EFC is funded by several anti-fossil fuel groups, including the ClimateWorks Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Climate Imperative Foundation. EFC has also given money to groups like the Rocky Mountain Institute, which produced a study in 2023 that claimed to find a link between gas stoves and asthma. That study, which Just the News notes has been heavily criticized, went on to be cited by several legislators and activists.

State Armor also included information about EFC’s ties to the CCP in its report. Zou Ji, the organization’s CEO, reportedly served as a previous deputy director general of China’s National Center for Climate Change Strategy. Ji is one of several employees who has been previously employed by the Chinese government. The EFC has also reportedly coordinated with China extensively in the past.

Why is the CCP getting involved in U.S. climate policy? In light of this report, Lucci shares his thoughts:

Lucci said the Chinese government’s involvement in U.S. climate policy stems from a concern over China’s own energy supplies. Much of its oil and gas comes from the Middle East, which leaves the supply vulnerable to U.S. naval blockades. They are diversifying their energy portfolio to help address that risk with increased wind, solar, hydroelectric, nuclear and coal.

Referring to the Chinese government, he continued, “They’ll do anything to, just from a security perspective, remove the United States ability to intercept their energy resources, their energy supplies.” That would include getting the U.S. to be more dependent on Chinese green energy supply chains.

Lucci is reportedly calling on Congress to investigate EFC. Let’s pray in agreement with this! Let’s pray that Congress exposes all dangerous ties this organization has to the CCP and protects America from Chinese influence!

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