Obama Team Seen Bringing Cohesion To Administration Response On Warming

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President-elect Obama's choices for his energy and environment team are seen by environmental group and industry observers as bringing more cohesion to the government's response to global warming.rn"This is a total shift in emphasis from the current administration," S. William Becker, executive director of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies, told BNA Dec. 15. "This is a team united, and in sync with clean energy and climate protection."rnObama announced Dec. 15 that he is appointing former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol Browner to the new post of White House adviser to supervise federal policy on climate change and energy. (See related article in this issue.)rnLisa Jackson, the former head of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, is Obama's nominee for EPA administrator.