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nytimes.com - 1/3/2009

In Obama’s Team, 2 Camps on Climate

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Barack Obama faces conflicting views among his top advisers on the balance between the environment and the economy. >

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In Obama’s Team, 2 Camps on Climate
Peak Oil News — ... Today, as the climate-change debate once again heats up, Mr. Summers leads the economic team of the incoming administration, and Ms. Browner has been designated its White House coordinator of energy and climate policy. And Mr. Gore is hovering as an informal adviser to President-elect Barack Obama. As Mr. Obama seeks to find the right balance between his environmental goals and his plans to revive the economy, he may have to resolve conflicting views among some of his top advisers. NY Times

DrumBeat: January 3, 2009
The Oil Drum — ... We're used to thinking of climate change as an environmental problem, not a military one, but it's long past time to alter that mindset. Climate change may mean changes in Western lifestyles, but in some parts of the world, it will mean far more. Living in Washington, I may respond to global warming by buying a Prius, planting a tree or lowering my thermostat. But elsewhere, people will respond to climate change by building bomb shelters and buying guns. In Obama’s Team, 2 Camps on Climate WASHINGTON — In the fall of 1997, when the Clinton ...

Obama Team of Two Minds on Climate Change Action
EarthFirst.com — President-elect Obama may have some work ahead of him in resolving the conflicting views of members of his staff in regards to climate change action. Lawrence H. Summers, the head of Obama’s economic team, is at odds with Carol M. Browner, the coordinator of energy and climate policy, over how to approach the reduction of greenhouse gases. The two previously found themselves in the same situation as members of the Clinton cabinet. Mr. Summers was then deputy Treasury secretary, and said at the time that though he believed there was a compelling scientific case for action on global warming, moving too fast could damage the economy. Browner, ...