PolitiFact s ruling: Pants on Fire
Here s why: One day after President Joe Biden pledged to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half, Fox News and Fox Business Network personalities repeatedly and baselessly claimed that the move would also force Americans to say goodbye to hamburgers and steaks. To meet the Biden Green New Deal targets, America has to, get this, America has to stop eating meat, said Fox Business Network host Larry Kudlow, a former economic adviser to President Donald Trump, on April 23. No burger on July 4. No steaks on the barbecue.
Biden’s climate plans do not include restrictions on red meat consumption, a White House official confirmed to PolitiFact. Biden never mentioned red meat when he announced his plan to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50% to 52% below 2005 levels by 2030, a move that would double the U.S.’s commitment under the 2015 Paris climate agreement.