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Quietly—they refuse to use their names—some critics chafe that the "new" Browner isn't so new. "She has very sharp elbows," complains one former environmental official in Washington who would talk about her approach only on condition of anonymity. He notes that a number of top Obama campaign advisers, some with technical expertise that neither Browner nor EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has, weren't asked to join the administration.

Browner and her defenders point out that they're only two months into this, after all. As a coordinator, not an agitator, Browner says, she now places a premium on building alliances: "I have to work with people." It's a new role for an old warrior.

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  • Posted By: francois1402 @ 04/22/2009 6:34:12 AM

    what is so hard to understand ? Do we want to dominate the energy industry in the future and at the same time be a healthier nation ?or do we want the oil producing middle eastern contries to be in command . the choice should be clear.

  • Posted By: EcoTexan @ 04/21/2009 3:26:03 PM

    While you are at it, please eat 100 extra steaks. Do whatever you have to do to make that little heart of yours explode so that the responsible, intelligent people still living can more easily achieve the goals necessary for a healthy planet.

  • Posted By: spicecakes69 @ 04/14/2009 11:34:23 PM

    Michael - you have a line in your story "the exception is clean coal , a big Obama focus" ... even if Obama believes in something called "clean coal" ... as much as I admire him I need to saw bullcrap ... THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CLEAN COAL.

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