Obama Energy Czar Leads World Socialist Group
Barack Obama has picked a high-ranking leader of an international socialist group that harshly criticizes the United States to be the nationâs energy czar.
The newly created Obama Administration position, officially called Energy Coordinator, will be the White House guru of energy and climate policy. Carol Browner, who headed the Environmental Protection Agency under Bill Clinton for nearly eight years, will fill the post.Â
Also a former Secretary of Florida’s Department of Environmental Regulation, Browner is an established socialist and leader in the Socialist International, an umbrella group for the worldâs socialist parties. A Canadian news organization reported over the weekend that Brownerâs picture and profile were immediately yanked from the groupâs web site after Obama officially nominated her to the energy post.Â
However, the news site posts Brownerâs profile as a leader of Socialist Internationalâs Commission for a Sustainable World Society before Team Obama ordered its removal last week. It features a color picture and brief biography of Browner as well as the commissionâs 13 other top officials. Â
The socialist world commission calls for âglobal governanceâ and says rich nations must shrink their economies to address climate change. They must also reduce consumption, according to the commission, and commit to limits on greenhouse gas emissions.