John Kerry's reign as America's roving climate czar disappoints green activists

Posted By TheNewsCommenter: From Washingtontimes.com: “John Kerry’s reign as America’s roving climate czar disappoints green activists”. Below is an excerpt from the article.

White House climate czar John Kerry was all about the Benjamins when making his green energy pitch Tuesday to the global elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

“So how do we get there?” he told them. “Well, the lesson I’ve learned in the last years — and I learned it as secretary of state and I learned it since reinforced in spades — is money, money, money, money, money, money, money.”

Roughly two years into the first-of-its-kind job as special presidential envoy for climate, Mr. Kerry is spreading the anti-fossil fuel message far and wide. And yet, he is taking political punches from those who he’s trying hardest to please: environmentalists.

Green activists describe the former Obama secretary of state and one-time Democratic presidential nominee’s tenure as less-than-stellar because he failed to keep key promises. His unfinished to-do list also will be getting fresh scrutiny now that the climate agenda is expected to stall in the divided Congress.

“It’s definitely been a mixed bag, and I think that’s been the John Kerry experience for a long time,” said Collin Rees of the green energy advocacy group Oil Change International. “It’s not particularly surprising that when you bring him in and combine him with a position that’s a little unclear, that’s what you might get.”

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