Climate Crisis Watch: Here's How Much Carbon the DNC Is Emitting To Troll Republicans at GOP...

Not the Bee! The Democratic National Committee is paying to fly a private plane in circles around Milwaukee during the Republican debate on Wednesday, a stunt that will in mere hours emit nearly four times as much carbon as the average American produces in a day, a Washington Free Beacon analysis found.

The DNC's plane will drag a banner that reads, "GOP 2024: A Race for the Extreme MAGA Base," according to Politico. Single-engine planes such as the Cessna 172 are typically used for banner towing—the Cessna 172 emits roughly 165 pounds of carbon an hour, according to one estimate. Assuming the DNC plane circles Milwaukee for the two-hour debate, it would emit roughly 331 pounds of carbon. The average American produces roughly 88 pounds of carbon per day, meaning it would take the average Joe nearly four days to match the DNC plane's carbon pollution.
The stunt stands in stark contrast to the DNC's purported efforts to combat the climate crisis and pursue environmental justice. The DNC's climate policy platform says climate change is a "global emergency" that has killed "thousands of Americans." It also argues that "air pollution" disproportionately impacts "communities of color"—nearly 70 percent of Wisconsin's black population lives in Milwaukee County, and the city itself is majority-minority.