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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
President-Elect Obama Announces Energy Team
On Monday, December 15, President-elect Barack Obama announced his administration's energy team. According to the Associated Press release, Nobel-prize winning physicist Steven Chu will serve as energy secretary, and Lisa Jackson, the former head of New Jersey's environmental department, will head the Environmental Protection Agency. Democratic senator Ken Salazar, of Colorado, is expected to be confirmed Tuesday, December 16, as the choice to head the Interior Department.
Carol Browner, a confidante of former Vice President Al Gore, will lead a White House council on energy and climate. Browner headed the Environmental Protection Agency in the Clinton administration. Nancy Sutley, a deputy Los Angeles mayor, will be chair of the White House Council on Environment Quality.
While these appointments have drawn inevitable criticism and praise, they reflect the President-elect's vow to "move beyond our oil addiction and create a new hybrid economy."
To access the full Associated Press release, click here.
Carol Browner, a confidante of former Vice President Al Gore, will lead a White House council on energy and climate. Browner headed the Environmental Protection Agency in the Clinton administration. Nancy Sutley, a deputy Los Angeles mayor, will be chair of the White House Council on Environment Quality.
While these appointments have drawn inevitable criticism and praise, they reflect the President-elect's vow to "move beyond our oil addiction and create a new hybrid economy."
To access the full Associated Press release, click here.
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