Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden came out Friday with word that he’s in the process of creating a “middle ground” climate policy to restore Obama-era environmental protections and to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement.
But the investigative website Sludge discovered Biden has an apparent conflict of interest and it involves someone who sat on the board of a company that has extensive operations in Oklahoma’s STACK and SCOOP plays.
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 12: Deputy assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Heather Zichal speaks during the daily press briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House March 12, 2012 in Washington, DC. Zichal spoke on the Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future: One-Year Progress Report that President Barack Obama received today. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Sludge found that former Obama adviser Heather Zichal sat on Cheniere’s board of directors and is now an ‘informal adviser’ to Biden on climate change.
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