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Who will guide Obama’s placemaking policy?
Sources say that Obama is going to tap Adolfo Carrión Jr. to serve as director of the newly created White House Office of Urban Policy. Carrión is the current president of the Bronx Borough, and was formerly a specialist in the New York City Department of City Planning as well as a member of the […]
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Critics say EPA pick failed to clean up N.J.’s toxic sites
Lisa Jackson, who President-elect Barack Obama is expected to name Monday evening to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, is already being hailed as a historic choice. The former head of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and transition team member would be the first African-American EPA chief, and supporters have praised her work ethic, […]
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Obama’s Interior pick still up in the air; Salazar and Berry cited as top contenders
Barack Obama is scheduled to officially announce his key energy and environmental appointments today at 5 p.m. EST, but one important spot is likely to remain unfilled for a few more days: secretary of the interior. Early on, it seemed like Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva was the likely pick. But sources close to the transition […]
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Tom Friedman discusses foreign policy, green, and other ‘stachey matters
Charlie Rose is doing a series of year-end conversations with thinkers of note. He started on Thursday with our old friend Tom Friedman:
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Obama and Biden to take the train down to D.C. for the inauguration
Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and their families will be taking a short tour of the northeastern seaboard by train as they travel to Washington for the inauguration, according to this note from the Presidential Inaugural Committee this morning: In the tradition of past Presidents-elect, the daylong trip will include a series of events on the […]
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IYD: Next global climate agreement must safeguard survival of all countries, all peoples
This is a guest post from Poznan by David Sievers of SustainUS, an organization for 18-26 year-olds from the United States who are interested in engaging with global processes on sustainability. —– I am writing in the midst of a dramatic shift in global climate policy. The official President’s Summary of COP-14 bears witness to […]
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IYD: Next global climate agreement must safeguard survival of all countries, all peoples
I am writing in the midst of a dramatic shift in global climate policy. The official President’s Summary of COP-14 bears witness to this shift and signals the guiding principle of a just and equitable post-2012 climate agreement next year in Copenhagen. And this outcome is due in large part to the work of young […]
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Updates on secretary of agriculture appointment
In the five weeks since the election and almost a month since my first post about the secretary of agriculture, a lot has changed. But one thing has become increasingly clear: The people who voted for Barack Obama expect change at the head of USDA. The next person to head the Department of Agriculture needs […]
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Obama’s new climate czar on various environmental issues
Carol Browner is set to become Obama’s czar point-person on climate and energy issues. To get a flavor of her thinking, check out the short videos she did for the On Day One project. Here she urges the next president to reassert the importance of independent science: Here she urges the next president to reverse […]
