WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has chosen White Home senior adviser John Podesta to fill the worldwide local weather coverage function vacated by John Kerry, a senior administration official confirmed Wednesday.
A second senior official mentioned Podesta would keep his present portfolio as adviser to the president whereas including the local weather tariffs.
“We should proceed to rise to the gravity of this second, and there’s no one higher in a position to take action than John Podesta,” White Home Chief of Employees Jeff Zients mentioned in a press release Wednesday. “John has been and stays on the forefront of implementing probably the most vital local weather laws in historical past.”
Podesta will work from the White Home; Kerry had been working out of the State Division. He’ll proceed to guide a group tasked with implementing the Inflation Discount Act, a White Home official mentioned.
The Washington Submit first reported Podesta's new function.
Podesta, a longtime Democratic strategist who was chief of workers to President Invoice Clinton and adviser to President Barack Obama, has been advising Biden on clear power and innovation since he took workplace within the White Home in 2022.
Kerry, a former secretary of state and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, has been local weather envoy since Biden entered the White Home in 2021. After his departure, he’ll help Biden's re-election marketing campaign.
Marketing campaign officers confirmed to NBC Information final week that Biden's marketing campaign is strengthening its senior management group, transferring Jennifer O'Malley Dillon and Mike Donilon from their White Home roles to prime positions within the marketing campaign.
Kelly O'Donnell reported from Washington and Zoë Richards from New York.