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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on January 31, 2024, 08:36:57 pm
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Podesta to replace Kerry as top climate diplomat
by Rachel Frazin - 01/31/24 3:33 PM ET
White House adviser John Podesta will replace John Kerry as the nation’s lead climate diplomat, a source familiar confirmed to The Hill.
Podesta has been overseeing implementation of the energy and climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.
He is expected to remain at the White House in his role, rather than moving over to the State Department.
The Washington Post first reported that Podesta will take on the role and remain in the White House. The source confirmed to The Hill the accuracy of that report.
White House chief of staff Jeff Zients told The Post in a statement: “We need to keep meeting the gravity of this moment, and there is no one better than John Podesta to make sure we do.”
Zients also said Podesta will still be “at the helm of driving the implementation of the most significant climate law in history.”
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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4440637-podesta-replace-kerry-top-climate-diplomat/
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I am not at all familiar with Podesta -- is he any less corrupt than Kerry?
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I am not at all familiar with Podesta -- is he any less corrupt than Kerry?
Not a bit. You could call him John "Clinton" Podesta if that helps.
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More on new Biden climate envoy @johnpodesta: Less than a week after Podesta left his job as counselor to Obama in February 2015, left-wing PR flack @dfenton plotted with Podesta to attack @FoxNews and @WSJOpinion on climate.
https://twitter.com/JunkScience/status/1753057509357584414
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New Biden climate envoy @johnpodesta now opposes new LNG export terminals. But during the Obama administration and as revealed by the 2016 Podesta email leak, the Podesta Group lobbied the White House to speed up LNG export terminals.
https://twitter.com/JunkScience/status/1753054969123528930