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Biden is appointing “totally different kinds of people” to solve climate change
In early December, Jane Flegal was asked for her “optimal policy mix” to address climate change.
Flegal was a program officer with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation at the time, a position from which she was able to steer money to many of America’s preeminent climate researchers, nonprofits and advocacy groups.
On this day, she was sitting for an interview on a podcast hosted by Jason Bordoff, a Columbia University professor who served as a climate adviser to former President Obama.
Bordoff wanted to know if Flegal preferred a traditional policy mix that centered around a carbon price, EPA regulations and government-funded research, or a new approach that favored tailoring investments and standards to specific industries.
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HAS THE HILL MOVED ON FROM CARBON PRICING? Big business trade groups, including
“I think it’s time to try something new,” House Energy and Commerce Chairman
Frank Pallone told reporters yesterday, noting past carbon pricing schemes have floundered in Congress.
Pallone noted the fears among liberal Democrats that carbon pricing might allow companies to pay to pollute and jeopardize the health of poor and minority populations.
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