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Biden’s Top Climate Adviser Signals Support for Permitting Deal with Fossil Fuel Advocates

John Podesta praises Manchin bill as a basis for compromise, but says the White House opposes any effort to tie energy fast-tracking to debt ceiling legislation.

By Marianne Lavelle

In a file photo, John Podesta, who became President Joe Biden's chief climate advisor earlier this year. He previously served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and counselor in President Barack Obama's White House. Credit: David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images.
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is surrounded by reporters after he leaves the House Floor to return to his office at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 in Washington, D.C. McCarthy delivered remarks on the House floor, accounting the GOP's debt limit bill, which they call the Limit, Save, Grow Act. Credit: Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Why the Debt Ceiling Debate Is Also a Climate Fight

By Kristoffer Tigue

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