Saturday, January 10, 2009

Obama-Biden Energy Team summary

STATE ENERGY STRATEGY FOR GEORGIA

Name

Position

Passions

Against

Steven Chu

Energy Secretary

Biofuels (second generation), solar energy, energy efficiency, climate change

Nuclear, fossil fuels

Lisa Jackson

EPA Administrator

Climate change

New coal powered plants

Ken Salazar

Interior Secretary

Wilderness protection; strong water quality laws; pro-coal; carbon capture/sequestration

Skeptic on oil shale development

Tom Vilsack

Agriculture Secretary

Cap-and-trade; cellulosic ethanol

Nancy Sutley

Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Cap-and-trade; climate change

Carol Browner,

Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change “Climate Czar”

Climate change

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.

chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

Cap-and-trade; climate change

Congressman Edward Markey, D-Mass.

Chairman House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

Chairman House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment

Renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, and biomass; climate change; cap-and-trade

1 comment:

Steve said...

Hmmm... so support for cap and trade is the most common denominator.

It's an indication of how much the world has changed in a decade that the SecAg is now a key part of the "Energy" team.

Steve