What’s next for John Kerry?
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry, soon to begin winding down four decades in public service, says he will continue fighting to protect the environment when he’s out of office, though he’d also like to explore private employment once he returns to Boston at the end of his time as the nation’s top diplomat.
Kerry has spent a political lifetime in the environmental trenches, from helping launch the first Earth Day in Massachusetts in 1970, to the bitter defeat of his cap-and-trade carbon legislation in 2010, to brokering a breakthrough with the Chinese on emissions in 2014.
“I will certainly want to stay involved somehow on issues that matter to me, I think particularly on the environment,” Kerry said in an interview with the Globe, stressing that he has not given a lot of detailed thought to what awaits. “The environment is something I’ve been involved in all my life.’’
Kerry said he also probably will pursue private-sector work when the Obama administration ends in January but said he has no specific plans in mind. He intends to return home to his town house on Beacon Hill.
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