Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry’s family reportedly sold their private jet to a New York-based hedge fund after being accused of hypocrisy for the plane’s carbon footprint.
Kerry holds a cabinet-level position in the Biden administration — that did require a Senate confirmation — and has authority over energy and climate policy within the executive branch. It was reported last year that the special envoy took “48 trips lasting more than 60 hours and emitted an estimated 715,886 pounds, or 325 metric tons” since he took the position in the Biden administration,
According to Fox News, the private jet, a Gulfstream GIV-SP, was sold “about a month” after Kerry received a great deal of criticism for the private jet’s emissions. Fox News noted that Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) registration information for the jet indicated that the family’s charter firm, Flying Squirrel LLC, no longer owns it. His wife reportedly had a significant stake in the charter firm.
