- White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy
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The White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy is a new government entity in the United States created by President Barack Obama. Its first director is Carol Browner,[1] who was Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the eight years of the Bill Clinton administration. The office was created in order to coordinate administration policy on energy and climate change.
Contents
Energy and climate change policy of the Barack Obama administration
President Obama launched the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate Change, to facilitate candid dialogue among key developed and developing countries regarding efforts to advance clean energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. For the new forum, President Obama invited the leaders of 16 major economies and the Secretary General of the United Nations to designate representatives to participate in a preparatory session at the U.S. Department of State that occurred on April 27-28 in Washington, D.C. This and other preparatory sessions culminated in a Major Economies Forum Leaders' meeting, which Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi agreed to host in La Maddalena, Italy, in July 2009. [2] The 17-nation MEF meeting was subsequently moved to earthquake-wrecked L'Aquila, Italy, and occurred July 9, 2009.[3]
Elimination of Office
In April 2011 it was reported that Congress would no longer fund the office in the 2011 budget.[4]
See also
- Politics of global warming (United States)
- Americas Energy and Climate Symposium
- EERE
- Foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration
- IRENA
- Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate Change
- Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action
References
- ^ http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/president_elect_barack_obama_announces_key_members_of_energy_and_environmen/
- ^ http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=12372
- ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090708/bs_nm/us_g8_summit;_ylt=Apsz20q0zgBq1ZzNBIa0qLmp_aF4;_ylu=X3oDMTJtZWMwNjhmBGFzc2V0Ay9ubS8yMDA5MDcwOC9ic19ubS91c19nOF9zdW1taXQEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDZzhzZWVzZWNvbm9t
- ^ http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53001.html
External links
- White House Executive Office of the President list of offices
White House Office Office of Cabinet Affairs · Office of the Chief of Staff · Office of Communications · Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy · Office of the First Lady · Office of Legislative Affairs · Office of Management and Administration · Oval Office Operations · Office of Political Affairs · Office of Presidential Personnel · Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs · Office of the Press Secretary · Office of Scheduling and Advance · Office of the Senior Advisor · Office of the Staff Secretary · Office of the White House Counsel · Office of Policy Development · White House Fellows
Categories:- Executive Office of the President of the United States
- Presidency of Barack Obama
- Energy policy in the United States
- Climate change policy in the United States
- White House Office
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