What to Watch for in Climate and Energy After Election Day

In this episode of Political Climate, experts discuss the top action items they’re watching for in a Biden administration versus a returning Trump administration.

Julia Pyper October 29, 2020

Julia Pyper

Senior Editor
Greentech Media

Julia Pyper is a Senior Editor at Greentech Media covering the energy transition. She is also the host and producer of the Political Climate podcast. She previously reported for E&E Publishing, and has covered clean energy and climate change issues across the U.S. and abroad, including in India, Haiti, Israel and the Maldives. She holds degrees from McGill and Columbia Universities. Find her on Twitter @JMPyper.

What comes after November 3? As presidential candidates make their closing arguments, many stakeholders in climate and energy are already looking beyond Election Day.

In this episode of Political Climate, experts discuss the top action items they’re watching for in a potential Biden administration versus a returning Trump administration. What are the most tactical policy moves? Who will be making decisions? How will the private sector respond? What role will the courts play?

We hear from Josh Freed, founder of Third Way’s Climate and Energy Program. Podcast co-hosts Brandon Hurlbut, senior adviser at NGP Energy Technology Partners III, and Shane Skelton, co-founder of energy policy consulting firm S2C Pacific, also weigh in.

In the second half of the show, we discuss the ongoing health and environmental crisis in cities with high levels of lead poisoning. Even though it may not appear in print, grassroots activists say this issue is very much on the ballot this year. We speak to Michelle Mabson of Black Millennials for Flint about what she wants to see from political leaders.