Excerpt: President Biden seems to recognize that addressing climate change is not the responsibility solely of the Environmental Protection Agency. He’s named former secretary of state John Kerry as international climate envoy and former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy as national climate adviser. And that’s just the beginning.
The climate Cabinet is much larger than just the nominal climate team, because almost every Cabinet job is actually a climate job. Most departments — from Interior to Transportation — can help reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and improve climate resilience. And with gridlock likely to continue in the closely divided Congress, rulemaking in the executive branch may be the only way to make a difference.
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