The Fauci of climate change? Gina McCarthy is in charge of Biden's massive climate agenda.
McCarthy, Obamas EPA chief, is back with one mission: fighting climate change.
By Ella Nilsenella. nilsen@vox.com Mar 2, 2021, 8:20am EST
New White House National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy has never been one to worry about what she cant control.
In 2017, McCarthy watched as the Trump administration moved to dismantle her signature work as Barack Obamas Environmental Protection Agency administrator, the Clean Power Plan. Even though glaciers were melting faster than scientists anticipated, oceans were warming at an alarming rate, and the United States was getting hammered by deadly hurricanes and wildfires, Trump was doing the opposite of fixing the problem. He pulled out of the Paris climate agreement, slashed environmental regulations, and installed fossil fuel lobbyists in top environmental posts.
All of this was devastating for many climate experts. But McCarthy wasnt demoralized. If you cant do something about this shit, then stop worrying about it! Lets just do what we can do! a characteristically blunt McCarthy told HBO host Bill Maher in 2019 in her Boston accent.
Four years after she told an EPA staff shell-shocked by Trumps win to keep your asses in your seats and weather the Trump storm, McCarthy is back in control. Just days before she was announced as Bidens new climate czar, McCarthy said on a panel that its time to get our Anthony Fauci of the environment, returning science and facts to the EPA and other agencies. Now McCarthy is not just tasked with providing clear, science-based information about climate change to the public; shes in charge of pushing the entire government to adapt as well.
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