NYT Editorial Board Extols the Climate Summit Its Own Paper Reported Was Full of ‘Oversize’ SUVs
17th September 2018
Of course, it might make sense that governors, mayors and other elected officials might use fossil-fueled transport to get themselves and their security detail to the three-day summit, which kicked off Wednesday.
However, most people attending the conference don’t need bodyguards or a big entourage. They choose to have them, and with that, fly private jets and ride in SUVs.
Indeed, San Francisco International Airport spokesman Doug Yakel told the San Francisco Chronicle that “corporate jet traffic was up 30 percent over normal” during the time of the summit.