Report Details Pete Buttigieg’s Flights on Private Jets Despite Calling for Limiting Carbon Emissions

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is one of the Biden administration’s more visible advocates for a transition away from fossil fuels and toward green energy.

But a report from Fox News is revealing he has taken at least 18 flights on private jets while calling for lowering carbon emissions.

“Buttigieg has traveled across the country — visiting Florida, Ohio and New Hampshire, among other states — and out of the country using a private jet fleet managed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),” the network reported.

Fox News listed several examples of Buttigieg flying on private jets for official business. But one trip was for a ceremony hosted by a Canadian gay rights organization where he was given an award for his “contributions to the advancement of LGBTQ rights.”

Caitlin Sutherland, the executive director of the watchdog group Americans for Public Trust (APT), told Fox, “Everyday Americans face flight and long wait times because Transportation Secretary 👤Pete Buttigieg has completely mismanaged air travel.”

“Yet, he gets to avoid all that by taking taxpayer-funded private jets to destinations with readily available commercial airline options,” she continued. “And for someone so holier-than-thou on reducing emissions, Buttigieg sure doesn’t seem to mind the pollution caused by his literal jet-setting.”

The exact cost of Buttigieg’s flights is not known. However, Fox reports the Federal Aviation Administration has charged agencies about $5,000 per hour to use its planes.