(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) The mainstream media recently covered another study highlighting the dangers of gas stoves, but many of the outlets neglected to note that the climate activist organization that released the report received the majority of its funding from China.
According to the Daily Caller, the study claimed that the burning of methane gas in stoves raised levels of the carcinogenic chemical benzene in individual households. The report indicated that after setting one burner to high for 45 minutes, the benzene levels were comparable to secondhand smoke.
Several outlets reported on the study—including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and NPR—but left out the fact that financial support for the study came from the High Tide Foundation.
The High Tide Foundation is an activist nonprofit with “a long-standing commitment to fighting climate change and protecting our planet.” The founder of the group, Richard Lawrence, was an investment banker with several financial ties to China.
Lawrence also acted as the founder and executive chairman of Overlook Investments Ltd., an investment firm based in the Cayman Islands with strong ties to Hong Kong. Overlook 3G Investments was created as a partner to the firm, with a focus on China’s renewable energy sector.
“The Chinese entrepreneur is instinctive, long term, sometimes way too aggressive, sometimes not aggressive enough,” said Lawrence. “It’s almost an inherent skill they get, almost from birth, they’re really, really exceptional. And they are driving, say for example, 80% of urban employment today.”
Lawrence also previously made statements supporting U.S. companies purchasing from Chinese companies, despite the massive amounts of emissions involved in overseas shipping.
The Biden administration has been toying with the idea of partially—if not completely—banning gas stoves for several months. At least one member of the Consumer Public Safety Commission proposed a total ban, even in existing homes.
The initial idea of banning gas stoves was also based on a study by a Chinese-linked organization, the Climate Imperative Foundation.
