Carol Browner
-
What Obama would do on climate in a second term: Carol Browner explains
President Obama wouldn't likely be able to pass a big climate bill in a second term, says his former energy czar, but he could take a lot of smaller steps that would achieve real emission cuts.
-
Colbert v. Browner: Former chief defends the EPA against truthiness
In an interview with former EPA Administrator Carol Browner, Stephen Colbert came out swinging at the EPA with lines straight out of the GOP playbook.
-
How utilities make money while investing in cleaner generation
Calling the EPA's mercury reforms "anti-business" is good for exciting a political base during the campaign season, but it doesn't match reality.
-
Carol Browner is leaving: does it matter?
President Barack Obama's top energy and climate change adviser will step down in the coming weeks. Was there any reason for her to stay?
-
GOP climate deniers vie to run House Energy Committee
The House Energy Committee is seeing an intense leadership fight, as four different Republicans are vying to take over the influential post. The four candidates -- Reps. Fred Upton, John Shimkus, Joe Barton, and Cliff Stearns -- all want to reopen the floodgates for a deregulated fossil fuel industry. But precisely how reactionary the committee will become depends on who wins. The frontrunner Upton is the only candidate who doesn't explicitly question climate science.
-
Carol Browner strongly backs bipartisan cap-and-trade bill
A top White House adviser yesterday pushed back against the idea of paring down Senate legislation on energy and global warming and frowned upon emerging talk among some moderates to limit legislative efforts to capping greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. “Our position is, let’s do it all,” said Carol Browner, President Obama’s senior aide […]
-
Why I’m not freaked out about the Waxman-Markey climate bill
Feeling ambivalent?Will the Waxman-Markey bill spark a full-scale energy revolution? No. Not on its own, not in the next 10-15 years. The short-term targets for reducing greenhouse gases are too low, the renewable electricity standard is too weak, too many offsets are allowed, and there’s too little investment in clean energy. To boot, there’s every […]
-
Key Obama advisers on climate and energy
Track the debate and take action >>> UPDATED: 16 Sep 2009 President Barack Obama’s key advisers on energy and climate issues include a former top aide to Al Gore, a Nobel Prize winner, a governor, and a gaggle of former members of Congress. Here’s a rundown: Carol Browner Assistant to the President for […]
-
PBS’ Planet Forward brings a new kind of show to explore new kinds of energy
Planet Forward host Frank Sesno (right) with Kevin Harrison of the National Renewable Energy Lab.Courtesy of PBSThree things to know about Planet Forward, the PBS special about America’s energy future that runs at 8 p.m. Wednesday: Social media … used well! In the interest of bringing “citizens and their ideas together with decision makers,” Planetforward.org […]