Pete Buttigieg’s Energy Résumé

Position In Biden Administration:

Secretary of Transportation

Nomination Details:

• Nomination Announced: December 15, 2020
• Nomination Status: Pending

Past Work:

• Mayor of South Bend, Indiana (2012-2020)

In His Own Words:

• “I think the elegance from a policy perspective of the concept of the Green New Deal is it matches a sense of urgency about that problem of climate change with a sense of opportunity around what the solutions might represent.”

About Buttigieg:

Buttigeg is the former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana and was a candidate for the Democatic nomination for President in 2020. During the presidential primary he expressed policy positions on Politico’s candidate survey “to end new oil and gas leases on federal land and end offshore drilling”, as well as to  “tax carbon emissions”, and “pay farmers to adopt climate-friendly practices”.

Fun Facts:

• Mayor to a midsize town.

Learn more about the Biden administration’s energy policies here.