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youtube.com - 12/16/2008

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

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On December 16 in Chicago, President-elect Obama held a press conference to announce key members of his energy and environment team.

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change.gov - 12/18/2008

Energy & Environment | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team

— change.gov — Help create five million new jobs by strategically investing $150 billion over the next ten years to catalyze private efforts to build a clean energy future. Within 10 years save more oil than we currently import from the Middle East and Venezuela ... (more) Energy & Environment | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden ...

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youtube.com - 12/20/2008

12/20/08 President-elect Obama's Weekly Address (video)

— youtube.com — On December 20, 2008 President-elect Obama introduced the team of men and women who will head up the nation's major scientific departments. (more) 12/20/08 President-elect Obama's Weekly Address (video)

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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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Obama Choices for Energy & Environment Positions Widely Hailed: What Do Readers Think?
TreeHugger — In announcing his choices for his energy and environment team yesterday, Barack Obama said, “The future of our economy and national security is inextricably linked to one challenge: energy.” Both industry and environmental groups have expressed support for the choices of Dr Steven Chu for Secretary of Energy, Lisa Jackson for EPA Administrator, Nancy ... ...

President-Elect Obama Announces Nobel Prize Winner To Cabinet
SCREAM to be GREEN — Yesterday, President-elect Obama announced the nomination of a Nobel Prize winner to be our new energy secretary. No, it wasn’t Al Gore. It was physicist Steven Chu.  Wait? A scientist? In the cabinet? That’s so…what’s the phrase? European? Smart? Common-sense? UnBushlike? “His appointment should send a signal to all that my administration will value science,” Obama said Monday at a Chicago news conference. “We will make decisions based on facts, and we understand that the facts demand bold action.”  Very interesting words after the past 8 years of blindness and environmental corruption.  A ...

‘All Hands on Deck’ For Obama’s New Energy Team
Earth911.com — With his inauguration little more than a month away, President-elect Obama recently announced his new energy “green dream team.” “The pursuit of a new energy economy requires a sustained, all-hands-on-deck effort because the foundation of our energy independence is right here, in America,” said Obama in his speech Tuesday. “Those are the resources we must harness to move beyond our oil addiction and create a new, hybrid economy.” Obama hopes that through new innovations in domestic industry, the U.S.’ economic downturn can be reversed, as well as national security improved. “We can spark the dynamism of our economy ...