Prior to joining the Biden White House, Zaidi was New York’s deputy secretary for energy and environment and served as the state’s chair of climate policy and finance. Title: Deputy assistant to the president and deputy national climate adviserīio: Zaidi, McCarthy’s deputy, has become increasingly publicly visible in recent months, touting building codes in Florida and appearing at a solar event with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. Joe Manchin - to support major climate and energy legislation.
She’s been the most outspoken cheerleader for Biden’s climate policies and has been publicly optimistic that the administration can convince members of Congress - notably West Virginia Democratic Sen. She helped craft many of the Obama administration’s environmental rules from her perch as EPA boss, has deep ties with the environmental community and has bipartisan roots. Title: Assistant to the president and national climate adviserīio: McCarthy was a marquee hire for Biden at the start of his administration. | Francis Chung/E&E News (McCarthy and Zaidi) LinkedIn (Thomas and Hayes) Gina McCarthy She’s pictured here (clockwise from top left) with her top aides David Hayes, Maggie Thomas and Ali Zaidi.
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Here’s the full roster of the White House climate policy office: Former Obama EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy (right) runs the climate office. Conger and other staffers landed in the White House climate office on detail from other agencies, and an administration official told E&E News this month that the office’s “growth mode” reflects the president’s ongoing commitment to fighting global warming ( Greenwire, July 8). Jane Flegal, who was senior director of industrial emissions, left in April to join a tech-funded effort to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Sources close to the administration anticipate that Ali Zaidi, the deputy national climate adviser, will ultimately step up into her position, but they speculate that she’s likely sticking around in case she can help broker a climate deal as part of a broader spending package.īiden’s climate team has already undergone changes this year. The office could shake up dramatically in the coming months as McCarthy is expected to step down. “We have a great, closely knit, hard-working team,” said Nick Conger, a senior adviser who is on loan to the White House office from EPA. Some are on loan to the climate shop from other agencies, and two are policy fellows.
The roster: 16 climate-focused officials ranging from former high-ranking Obama administration officials to climate finance and energy infrastructure experts.
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