Jason Grumet, President-Elect Obama's lead adviser on energy and environmental issues, reaffirmed that the new administration will make federal regulations on greenhouse gas emissions a priority. Speaking before the Point Carbon Conference on GHG markets and carbon trading, Grumet said "The president-elect will move quickly on climate change." Though he gave no details, both Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, think that cap-and-trade legislation is most likely to pass in 2010.
The full Reuters article from November 12, 2008 can be found here.
Grumet is widely believed to be on the short-list of candidates for Secretary of Energy in the new cabinet. His background can be seen here.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
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Mr. Hoffman, can you speak to President-elect Obama's U.S. domestic energy production stances? And specifically with respect to nuclear power?
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