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change.gov - 12/16/2008

The energy and environment team (Update 2: video)

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"The future of our economy and national security is inextricably linked to one challenge: energy," President-elect Barack Obama said at a Chicago press conference today announcing the leaders who will guide his administration's policy on energy and the environment. "The team that I have ...

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money.cnn.com - 12/15/2008

Obama names energy, environment team - Dec. 15, 2008

— money.cnn.com — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- President-elect Barack Obama unveiled his energy and environment team on Monday, ushering in... what's likely to be a dramatic shift in the way the nation tackles the challenges of climate change, energy efficiency and the ... (more) Obama names energy, environment team - Dec. 15, 2008

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youtube.com - 12/16/2008

President-elect Obama Announces Environment and Energy Team (video)

— youtube.com — On December 16 in Chicago, President-elect Obama held a press conference to announce key members of his... energy and environment team. (more) President-elect Obama Announces Environment and Energy ...

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nytimes.com - 12/11/2008

Obama Team Set on Environment

— nytimes.com — Barack Obama picked a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Steven Chu, as his energy secretary. >... (more) Obama Team Set on Environment

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Warming: Pollution or Technology Problem?
Dot Earth — Among the many camps convinced that human-caused climate change requires an aggressive response, there is still a big split on how best to cut the odds of dangerous outcomes, and this split is represented in the energy-climate-environment team that President-elect Barack Obama formally introduced this evening in Chicago. Can Mr. Obama mediate between those putting regulation or innovation first? Carol M. Browner, the new ...

Obama Names ConservationistTo Interior Department, Completing Team
Yale Environment 360 — ... . The appointment rounds out a team, introduced to the press yesterday, that is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and developing renewable sources of energy. Salazar, a farmer and rancher, has opposed Bush administration efforts to drill on undeveloped public lands in the West, such as Colorado’s picturesque Roan Plateau. He also has called for the U.S. to obtain 25 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2025. The Interior Department oversees the nation’s public lands and parks, and conservationists are urging Salazar to open up some ...

Preserve states’ right to fight climate change
Grist - the Latest from Grist — ... of states to protect the environment is nothing new. Congress established in 1955 that air pollution prevention is the primary responsibility of states and local governments. Since that time, as California’s Jerry Brown and four other state attorneys general pointed out in an Aug. 31 letter to Senators Reid and Boxer, the federal government has set minimum standards with states and local governments free to do more. President Obama previously recognized the essential principle last December, when he called for a “sustained, ...