U.S. Rep. Palmer calls for ‘energy justice,’ ‘economic justice’ as Dems push ‘climate justice’

President Joe Biden has been in office just over 100 days, and he has already had a profound impact on energy policy, especially now as Democrats control both chambers of Congress and the White House.

Part of that impact is a renewed emphasis on so-called anthropogenic climate change, which according to U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover), is harming quality of life for low-income families.

During an interview with Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” Palmer argued with additional emphasis on race, Democrats should consider how those policies impact low-income minority families.

“They’ve made everything about race,” he said. “I’m on the select committee on the climate crisis. I’m also on the Energy and Commerce Committee. Now they’re talking about ‘climate justice,’ ‘environmental justice.’ And what they’re not talking about is economic justice. You know, I ran a think tank for years, and we looked at how rising energy costs impact low-income families, particularly minority families. We looked at the health consequences for living in homes in the wintertime that aren’t warm enough, particularly for people’s cardiovascular and respiratory. So I started pushing back on them and talking about energy justice and energy poverty. I’ve done this for three or four hearings in a row where I’ve brought up the fact there is a town in Illinois, Pembroke Township — 2,100 people, 80% of the population are black. But they have no natural gas pipeline in that town. People are heating their homes with propane. It’s more expensive and, in a lot of cases, with wood-burning stoves.”

“[T]hey talk about climate justice and environmental justice, and I want to talk about energy poverty and energy justice and economic justice,” Palmer added. “And how they really don’t care about people, particularly low-income people.”

@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Alabama, the editor of Breitbart TV, a columnist for Mobile’s Lagniappe Weekly, and host of Mobile’s “The Jeff Poor Show” from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. on FM Talk 106.5.