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Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

What's The Biden Administration Doing For The Environment?

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Science, Education, Society & Culture

4.921.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi is here to tell us all about the major policy efforts that are making historic gains in the fight against climate change. Jonathan and Ali cover it all: from Ali’s journey to this work, to environmental justice concerns, to the many ways in which investing in these policies help strengthen local economies. Plus, how people just like you can get involved in a greener future with the American Climate Corps, which trains young people in clean energy, conservation, and climate resilience skills to help tackle the climate crisis. Ali Zaidi serves as Assistant to the President and National Climate Advisor. In this role, he leads the White House Climate Policy Office, which coordinates policy development and President Biden’s all-of-government approach to tackle the climate crisis, create good-paying union jobs, and advance environmental justice. Zaidi helped design and negotiate the President’s historic climate and clean energy investment agenda – including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. Zaidi has also worked for the Obama Administration and the state of New York. Ali immigrated from Pakistan and grew up outside Erie, Pennsylvania. He received an A.B. from Harvard University and J.D. from Georgetown University. You can follow Ali Zaidi on X @alizaidi46. Follow us on Instagram @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Find books from Getting Curious guests at bookshop.org/shop/curiouswithjvn. Our senior producers are Chris McClure and Julia Melfi. Our editor & engineer is Nathanael McClure. Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall. Our theme music is “Freak” by QUIÑ; for more, head to TheQuinCat.com. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi curious people I'm Jonathan Van Ness and welcome to getting curious.

0:09.0

Whoa! Happy 4th of July, y'all.

0:13.8

And I say that with love and happiness.

0:20.0

And a slight dashing of exasperation.

0:24.0

But here's the thing, y'all.

0:25.3

Climate change is the friend that never goes to sleep.

0:29.5

They always are texting, they're always calling,

0:31.6

they're always reminding us that they're here and they are trying to hang out.

0:34.5

That is one of the reasons why climate policy is so important, especially in this election year.

0:39.5

2023 was one of the hottest summers on record in 2024 may even be hotter.

0:44.2

We've covered on this podcast so much environmental matters,

0:48.2

whether that was damn displacement or whether it was the plastic crisis with Marcus Erickson

0:52.1

from Five Gyres, we've been covering

0:54.0

climate change on this podcast for years.

0:57.8

And one of the things that we want to know is what is the government doing when it comes

1:01.4

to environmental legislation? What's the Biden doing when it comes to environmental legislation?

1:03.5

What's the Biden administration been doing over the last three and a half, four years to achieve

1:07.6

a better environment for all of us?

1:10.0

So we got kind of a major get for this recording,

1:13.7

which is none other than the White House National Climate

1:16.9

Advisor Ali Zady.

1:19.0

Ali Zady serves as assistant to the president

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