John Kerry: ‘We Absolutely Don’t’ Need to Drill for Oil Despite Soaring Gas Prices

U.S. special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry intervenes during the stocktake plenary at SECC in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 13, 2021. On day fourteen of the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow the focus is on delegations' negotiations to agree the final text for the COP26 Agreement. This is the 26th "Conference of the Parties" and represents a gathering of all the countries signed on to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Climate Agreement. Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images

The Biden administration’s climate czar, John Kerry, proclaimed that despite record-high gas prices, the United States doesn’t need to drill for more oil or natural gas.

Speaking during a forum, Kerry said that Republicans and some analysts have suggested that “we need more drilling” and “we need to go back to coal.” He then argued: “No, we don’t. We absolutely don’t.”