Climate Change Conference Wraps Up in Poland as Obama Names Environmental Team

December 16, 2008 -- President-elect Barack Obama has unveiled his nominees for top climate change and energy positions in his administration. Nobel-winning physicist Steven Chu has been tapped to serve as Energy Secretary. Lisa Jackson, chief of staff to New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, will head the Environmental Protection Agency. Former EPA head Carol Browner will run a newly created White House council to oversee environmental issues. And Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Nancy Sutley will head the White House Council on Environmental Quality. At a news conference in Chicago Monday, Obama highlighted his plans to encourage innovation to address the US dependency on foreign oil. Guests: Andrew Revkin, award-winning science reporter with the New York Times. He also writes the Dot Earth blog on the New York Times website. His latest book is titled The North Pole Was Here: Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World. He was just awarded the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism. He is the first science writer to win the award. Bill McKibben, environmentalist and author who frequently writes about global warming and alternative energy. He is author of nine books, including his latest, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He is a co-founder of an environmental mobilization campaign called www.350.org brought to you by: www.democracynow.org

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YouTube | January 8, 2009

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