Welcome to Zero. I am Akshadrati. This week, America's reset.

Donald Trump is back, and possibly with the biggest mandate he's ever had.

That will have huge implications for climate and energy, not just in the US, but around the world.

So this week, I wanted to talk to someone who has been on the front lines of climate policymaking,

someone who's a Democrat and was lucky to be re-elected. Congressman Rokana represents California's 17th district,

which includes Silicon Valley. Over the years, he's been a vocal advocate for climate policy,

and he's also a member of the Select Committee

on the strategic competition between the United States

and the Chinese Communist Party.

That means he has a big job

to help secure America's future leadership in technology.

In my conversation, I asked him about the consequences

of Trump's election, and what, if anything, can Democrats do to keep climate and clean energy at the top of the agenda?

Later, I also talked to Jason Bordoff from the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.

We talked about how a Trump administration is likely to shape our climate and

energy future. And it's not simply just drill baby drill. Welcome to the show, Representative Kana.

It's a huge day today with the election.

And when this episode goes out, the country will still be sorting through the many reasons

Donald Trump was elected as president and the many issues that voters were

responding to. But just days before the election, you wrote an op-ed for Rolling Stone,

arguing that the polls were underestimating the importance of climate change to the average

American. You said climate change really is a kitchen table issue. But now there is in the Oval Office,

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