The Harvard Gazette
Summary
Former White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy brought her characteristic brand of climate optimism and pragmatism — tinged with humor and topped with a call to action — to Harvard on Wednesday, saying recent federal action has put climate progress “on solid ground” in states led by Republicans as well as Democrats.
McCarthy served as the first national climate adviser before leaving the White House in September. She said steps taken during the administration’s first two years, including climate-related features in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the back-from-the-dead Inflation Reduction Act, have put the nation on track to achieve significant reductions in emissions of warming gases.
“They’re all on very solid ground in both blue and red states,” McCarthy said of the initiatives. “It is remarkable the changes that we’re seeing on the ground, both in terms of people’s hopefulness for the future, the investments, the changes that are happening in communities and that we anticipate to happen. And I could argue that the clean energy transition is soon going to be on steroids.”
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