Carol M. Browner

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Carol M. Browner (2008)

Carol Martha Browner (born December 16, 1955 in Miami ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party with a focus on environmental and energy policy . From 2009 to 2011 she was Head of the Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy Advisor for Climate and Energy to US President Barack Obama .

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After graduating from the University of Florida with a degree in English and law , Browner initially worked in Florida state environmental policy ; Among other things, she was head of the local environmental protection agency from 1991 to 1993. From his first marriage, Browner has a son, born in 1987, named Zachary.

Under President Bill Clinton , she was head of the US National Environmental Protection Agency from 1993 to 2001 and was considered a confidante of Vice President Al Gore, who is known as an environmental and climate protectionist .

After the end of Clinton's presidency, Browner worked for a consulting firm founded by ex-US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and worked in senior positions in various organizations such as the National Audubon Society , the Center for American Progress and the Alliance for Climate founded by Al Gore Protection .

Browner was known as a sharp critic of the environmental policy of President George W. Bush and described his government as "the worst environmental administration ever" (in German: "the worst government of all time for the environment" ). In addition, Browner a member of the Commission for a Sustainable World Society (Commission for a sustainable world community) of the Socialist International was.

Since 2007, Browner has been married to Thomas Downey , a former congressman from New York State, in the third marriage .

In December 2008, Browner was nominated by the 44th US President Barack Obama as head of his personal advisory staff on climate and energy. Together with the nomination of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Steven Chu, who is also known as a climate protector, as energy minister in the Obama cabinet , this was seen as a sign of a possible turnaround in US energy policy under the Obama presidency.

On January 24, 2011, it was announced that Browner would be leaving the administration shortly. From April 2011 she resumed her work as a consultant in the private sector and as a functionary in various associations.

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  1. ↑ http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/7480
  2. ↑ Tagesschau.de: Obama nominates climate protectors as energy minister ( Memento from December 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on December 16, 2008)
  3. ↑ Obama's advisor on climate policy is in: Tages-Anzeiger from January 25, 2011
  4. ↑ Director of Policy on Climate Will Leave, Her Goal Unmet in: New York Times, January 24, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Browner, Carol M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Browner, Carol Martha (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American environmental politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Miami , Florida