Obama’s Energy Team Revealed

In the lead up to the New Year and a historic term as President of the United States, President-Elect Barack Obama recently unveiled the leading members of his energy team. These will be the heads that determine and regulate our energy decisions and policy; an issue that, as Obama himself so heartily asserts, is just as much the backbone of our nation’s economic future as it is environmental.

Considering the weight of much of Obama’s campaign rhetoric about progressiveness and change, critics against many of Obama’s nominations have been many. But for the most part, the 44th President’s energy picks have been supported, or at least taken in stride. As is consistent with Obama’s MO so far, there is a lot of political experience floating around the energy team, but there is also a strong focus on science.

Obama’s key energy picks include: (more…)

Obama’s Energy Team Revealed