Climate Politics

Biden Climate Czar Says GOP Forcing US to Clean-Energy Sidelines

Repeal of climate law elements would set US back: Ali Zaidi
White House focused on economic opportunity of energy shift

Ali Zaidi
Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

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By Ari Natter and Jennifer A Dlouhy

April 11, 2023 at 5:19 PM UTC

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The White House’s climate czar slammed Republican efforts to repeal portions of its signature climate law, as President Joe Biden prepares to make the historic measure central to his expected reelection bid.

“There is no question of where congressional Republicans want to drive our country, and that’s back to the sidelines on the clean energy transformation that’s taking place around the world,” Ali Zaidi, Biden’s national climate advisor, said Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg News.