White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy

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White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy
Agency overview
Websitewww.whitehouse.gov/administration/executive-office-of-the-president/

The White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy was a government entity in the United States created in 2008 by

global warming. Under the Biden administration, it has been succeeded by both the Office of Domestic Climate Policy and the Office on Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation
.

History

The office was created in December 2008. Its first (and only) director was Carol Browner,[1] who was Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the eight years of the Bill Clinton administration.

Barack Obama administration

President Obama launched the

MEF meeting, as part of the 35th G8 summit which Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi agreed to host in La Maddalena, Italy, in July 2009.[2] The G8 summit was subsequently moved to L'Aquila, Italy, as part of an attempt to redistribute disaster funds after the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake.[3]
The forum took place on July 9, 2009.

Elimination

In April 2011, it was reported that Congress would no longer fund the office in the 2011 budget.

White House National Climate Advisor
.

See also

References

  1. change.gov
    . December 15, 2008. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  2. U.S. Department of Energy
    . April 1, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  3. Guardian News and Media
    . Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  4. ^ Bravender, Robin (March 3, 2011). "Budget deal axes 'czars' already gone". Politico. Robert L. Allbritton. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  5. ^ Sheppard, Kate (April 4, 2011). "Browner's Out at White House". Mother Jones. Mother Jones. Retrieved January 10, 2013.

External links

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