Barack Obama
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Obama touts new green energy economy while introducing green team
Obama just got done officially announcing his energy and environment team. A few things that jumped out at me: Not for nothing: the guy’s a rhetorical Jedi. Unless I’m mistaken, the term "clean coal" was not uttered once. Of Steven Chu, he said: "His appointment should send a signal to all that my Administration will […]
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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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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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New EPA pick Lisa Jackson on Katrina and the failures of government
“The shameful failures of government that the world witnessed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina have given me a special appreciation for the importance of public service. Those failures have galvanized my commitment to working tirelessly to protect the health and safety of the people of New Jersey and to enhancing our quality of life.” […]
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Sussing out some of the criticism of likely EPA head Lisa Jackson
In our post last night on Lisa Jackson, the likely head of EPA under Obama, we noted that the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which advocates for state and federal environmental employees, has been highly critical of her work in New Jersey. The group put out a scathing press release about why she […]
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The transportation story at the heart of a history-making crisis
There’s a remarkable graph that has starred in blog posts and news stories with some regularity over the past year. It shows vehicle miles traveled in America over the last quarter century or so. For most of the period, the line rockets upward, straight and true, preparing to blast off the page. But then the […]
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Missouri Senator says Obama will have to delay his cap-and-trade program
At a panel yesterday morning hosted by National Journal, Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill (D) made some comments about Obama’s cap-and-trade proposal that are strikingly off-message. Or are they? The panel was focused on Obama’s first 100 days. McCaskill — a key Senate ally of Obama’s and the first female Senator to endorse him in the […]
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Sources say Obama will drop EPA head and ‘energy czar’ as early as today
A source close to the transition tells me that Obama will drop the names of his energy czar and EPA head today. The decision may be coming out earlier than expected to try to help take the edge off the endless Blagojevich coverage. Al Kamen says his sources tell him the energy czar is going […]
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Greens, labor leaders, and economists call for $900 billion recovery plan
Campaign for America’s Future today released a “Main Street Recovery Plan” [PDF], laying out wha the group hopes to see from the Obama team. The plan calls for investments of at least $900 billion over the next two years, including $100 billion in green investments. “Central to the plan should be investment in green technology, […]
