The Biden administration’s top energy official held multiple talks with China National Energy Administration chairman Zhang Jianhua days before the United States moved to release oil from its strategic reserve in 2021.
According to internal Energy Department calendars obtained by Fox News, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm spoke with Zhang one-on-one multiple times in meetings that had not previously been made known to the public. Granholm and Zhang met on November 19 and November 21, 2021, just days prior to the administration’s announcement that they would be releasing oil from the strategic reserve on November 23. The timing of Granholm’s meetings has critics questioning China’s level of influence over the Biden administration’s energy policy.
“Instead of focusing on creating real energy independence for America, Granholm has been too busy parroting Chinese energy propaganda and insisting ‘we can all learn from what China is doing,’” Sutherland said. “The public deserves to know the extent to which Chinese officials are attempting to infiltrate U.S. energy policy and security.”
