Obama Announces Energy and Environment Team

Reader Contribution by Jessie Fetterling

<p>On Dec. 15, President-elect Barack Obama announced his energy and environment team at a news conference in Chicago. Obama chose Carol Browner, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, as head of a new policy council for climate, environment and energy issues. The rest of the team consists of Steven Chu, a Noble-prize winning physicist, as his energy secretary; Lisa Jackson, former head of New Jersey’s environmental protection department, as national EPA head; and Nancy Sutley, deputy mayor of Los Angeles, as head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.</p>
<p>With the team in place, Obama is ready to start creating a new energy economy. He admitted that he didn’t know when the economy would start getting better, but he did say, “We know that we’re going to create jobs that wouldn’t otherwise be created.” According to Obama, those jobs should eventually add up to 2.5 million.</p>
<p>While Obama plans to make the United States a leader in climate change, he admits, “The solution to global climate change must be global.” <a title=”The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland” href=”http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_14/items/4481.php” target=”_blank”>The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland</a> just finished on Dec. 13, claiming that there is “a clear commitment from governments to shift into full negotiating mode.” Hopefully, they’re right.</p>
<p>To learn more about Barack Obama’s energy and environmental policy watch the video below, or check out these articles:</p>
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