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Obama's Team Has Fought Each Other On Environment Since 1997

 

Published 1/5/2009 by The Huffington Post News Team at Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Mr. Summers, then the deputy Treasury secretary, said at the time that there was a compelling scientific case for action on global warming but that a too-rapid move against emissions of greenhouse gases risked dire and unknowable economic consequences. His view prevailed over those of officials arguing for tougher standards, among them Carol M. Browner, then the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and her mentor, Al Gore, then the vice president. (link)

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