Carol Browner, former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Bill Clinton, will reportedly be named President Barack Obama's chief of energy and environmental issues. The announcement of Browner's appointment was made on December 15, 2008, along with the appointment of several other cabinet members.FOX News: Obama Announces Energy, Environmental Team (December 15, 2008)
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"Time and time again, when the nation has set a new environmental standard, the naysayers have warned that it will cost too much, that it will impose an enormous economic burden on the American people. But, once we have set those standards, American ingenuity and innovation have found a solution at a far lower cost than predicted...American businesses have risen to these challenges before, and they will do it again; all they need is predictability and flexibility."The New York Times: The New Team: Carol M. Browner (November 26, 2008)
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Attended the University of Florida
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Administrator of the EPA from 1993-2000
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Longest-serving EPA administrator in the agency's historyUS EPA: Carol M. Browner Biography
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A board member of the Audubon Society, the League of Conservation Voters and the Alliance for Climate ProtectionThe New York Times: Carol M. Browner Profile
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Browner joined the environmental division of Obama's transition team shortly after he was electedPolitico: Browner expected to be energy czar (December 10, 2008)
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Named as Barack Obama's chief of energy and environmental issues on December 15, 2008FOX News: Obama Announces Energy, Environmental Team (December 15, 2008)
