One of President Biden’s top State Department climate nominees touted the environmental benefits of the COVID-19 pandemic in an op-ed published while the pandemic was in full swing. Monica Medina, the president’s nominee for assistant secretary of the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Science Affairs, wrote about the "environmental upside" of the pandemic in March 2020 and called for the economy to be restructured around "green" jobs. Medina is an Obama administration alum and also the wife of Biden's White House chief of staff, Ron Klain. "Now is also the time to make the pivot to sustainability," the pair wrote. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIf confirmed by the Senate, Medina would be the number-two person at the Department of State’s international climate agency.

Source: Fox News May 06, 2021 15:33 UTC