When reporter Akshat Rathi sat down with White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi in 2022, the Biden administration was celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, a landmark piece of green legislation. “We’re running faster and faster,” Zaidi said.
Speaking once again to the Zero podcast just a week after the 2024 US election, Zaidi and Rathi discussed whether the momentum created by the IRA could be sustained in the second term of Donald Trump, who has vowed to undo many of Biden’s signature policies.
