While publicly advocating for limiting emissions in the hopes of stemming climate change, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi simultaneously spent nearly half a million dollars on private flights over the past year, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission first reported by Fox News.
Pelosi’s team reported expenditures to two private flight companies – Advanced Aviation Team in Virginia and Clay Lacy Aviation in California – that totaled $489,164.85 between October 2020 and December 2021.
During that span, Pelosi spoke at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. There, she invoked religion in advocating for global changes in emissions standards.
“I believe this is God’s creation, and we have a moral obligation to be good stewards,” Pelosi said.
A report released last summer by European organization Transport and Environment cited research that showed carbon dioxide emissions on private jets were far worse than commercial flights.
“Flying on a private jet is probably the worst thing you can do for the environment,” Transport and Environment aviation director Andrew Murphy wrote in the report. “And yet, super-rich super polluters are flying around like there’s no climate crisis.”
Pelosi also advocated for addressing climate change ahead of human rights violations during negotiations with China. “Climate is an overriding issue, and China is a leading emitter in the world,” Pelosi said.
Pelosi has not commented publicly yet on the campaign report.
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