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Carol Browner -- Obama's new "climate czar"

By Jake on

Carol Browner, Obama's new "climate czar." Carol Browner will serve as Obama's "climate czar," but it's still unknown what exactly that will mean.

The experienced bureaucrat has spent plenty of time within the halls of power, but with the position of climate czar so recently created, how much power will Browner really have?

PlentyMag.com asked that question:

That begs the question: What would a climate czar actually do? Browner’s precise job description isn't yet clear, but it’s likely that she’ll serve as a high-level White House adviser, coordinating the work of Cabinet officials and perhaps heading a National Energy Council modeled on Bill Clinton’s National Economic Council. That, at least, is the plan put forward by the Center for American Progress, the liberal think-tank that’s provided the intellectual muscle for Obama’s transition effort (and whose head, John Podesta, is co-chair of Obama’s transition team). “You’ve got Energy, Interior, EPA, Agriculture, Transport, State—all are going to have something to do with energy and global warming,” says Daniel J Weiss, the group’s director of climate strategy. “This would provide a person who could coordinate those activities.”