Green Options » obama cabinet http://greenoptions.com/tag/obama-cabinet Posts tagged 'obama cabinet' Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:52:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Obama Adds Another Heavy-Hitter to His Team http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/19/obama-adds-another-heavy-hitter-to-his-cabinet/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/19/obama-adds-another-heavy-hitter-to-his-cabinet/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:52:20 +0000 Amanda Peterka http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/19/obama-adds-another-heavy-hitter-to-his-cabinet/ Oregon State University professor Jane Lubchenco has been added to Obama’s growing cabinet. Lubchenco, a marine biologist, will head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Along with wanting to curb overfishing, Lubchenco has also been a voice for curbing greenhouse admissions that contribute to global warming, reports the Washington Post. Her appointment will put the NOAA in a rank of prestige, as Lubchenco is a member of the National Academy and the Royal Society, of America and England respectively.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/19/obama-adds-another-heavy-hitter-to-his-cabinet/feed/ The Most Important Barack Obama Appointee: EPA Administrator Short List http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/03/the-most-important-barack-obama-appointee-epa-administrator-short-list/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/03/the-most-important-barack-obama-appointee-epa-administrator-short-list/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:52:03 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/03/the-most-important-barack-obama-appointee-epa-administrator-short-list/ Who will lead Obama\'s EPA?President-Elect Barack Obama will inherit a host of problems from outgoing President Bush. From an economy in recession to the Iraq War, cleaning up from eight years of the worst US president is a immense task. Obama has already selected many former rivals, such as Hilary Clinton, for his cabinet, but the most important appointee he will make is the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  Although the EPA administrator is not a cabinet level position, this may change as Obama faces the crisis of climate change.

Under the Bush administration, the EPA has loss all credibility as an agency that protects Americans from air and water pollution.

According to the Washington Post,

“…over the past eight years, many career employees and rank-and-file scientists have clashed with Bush appointees over a number of those of issues, including whether the federal government should allow California to regulate tailpipe emissions from automobiles…”

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