CURRENT NEWS ITEM: MIGHT OBAMA ANOINT A 'CLIMATE CZAR'?

TOP - 50 RELEVANT BREAKING NEWS

1. Could Obama appoint a "climate czar"?

   WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. environmental groups see Barack Obama's presidential victory as a chance to undo the Bush legacy on global warming, and one idea they are discussing is the possibility of a White House "climate czar".

2. Canada to push climate agreement with Obama government

   The Canadian government will seek a North American climate change agreement with the new administration of U.S. president-elect Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Wednesday.

3. Obama’s technology czar: the betting begins

   Barack Obama’s promise to appoint the first chief technology officer for the US has had Silicon Valley buzzing all year. Now the election is over, it’s time for the real horse race to begin. John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins got things going this afternoon at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Asked who should get [...]

4. Feds confirm plan to seek climate deal with Obama

   With U.S. President George Bush's replacement officially waiting in the wings, Ottawa has opened up about its plans to seek a joint climate-change plan with president-elect Barack Obama.

5. Canada Eyes Climate Deal With Obama

   Canada hopes to achieve a North American climate-change deal with U.S. president-elect Barack Obama, with a Canadian official saying the issue will be an immediate priority.

6. Google CEO on Obama tech czar job: No thanks

   SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said Friday he would not serve as technology czar in Barack Obama's administration if he was asked./pdiv a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=eKXkcwu6"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=0vZYpBvW"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=0vZYpBvW" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=gYkLnXR9"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=gYkLnXR9" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Reuters/InternetNews/~4/oHup6siQNEo" height="1" width="1"/

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8. Obama looks for 'car czar'

   President-elect Barack Obama considers creating a new White House position that would focus on the auto industry.

9. Obama weighing idea of "auto czar," aide says

   CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama is considering naming a point person to lead efforts to help the distressed auto industry return to health, an Obama aide said on Thursday.

10. Gore says no to 'Climate Czar' role

    President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is flirting with creating a White House "Climate Czar," but climate change crusader Al Gore says he doesn't want the job.

11. Obama Sets the Precedent for Federal Tech Czar

    The spot for the nation's first ever chief technology officer is up for grabs.  Who will it be? Washington Post: "Speculation about who might be named CTO has created so much buzz that Web sites have been created to take suggestions"

12. Role of Federal Tech Czar to Be Defined by Obama

    The most talked-about tech job in government is one that never before existed.

13. Obama won't visit U.N. climate talks in Poland: U.N.

    OSLO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will not attend United Nations talks in Poland next month working on a new treaty for fighting global warming, the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on Monday.

14. Obama vows climate action despite financial crisis

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Barack Obama said on Tuesday the United States would "engage vigorously" in climate change talks when he is president and pledged, despite the financial crisis, to stick to plans to reduce emissions sharply by 2020.

15. Obama: U.S. Will Lead Climate Change Fight

    Calling climate change an urgent challenge, President-elect Barack Obama promised Tuesday that Washington would take a leading role in combating it in the United States and throughout the world.

16. Obama Delivers Climate Change Message

17. Schwarzenegger opens climate summit with Obama

    BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opened his international climate change summit on Tuesday by upstaging himself with an even bigger political star - President-elect Barack Obama....

18. Obama promises action on climate change

    President-elect Barack Obama confirmed on Tuesday that he planned to stick to the aggressive targets he had set earlier for fighting climate change and for spurring the development of clean-energy technology.

19. Obama to 'engage' on climate

    US President-elect Barack Obama promises to "engage vigorously" on climate change, ahead of a major UN summit.

20. Obama repeats vow to move rapidly on climate issues

    The president-elect said that despite the weakening economy, he had no intention of softening or delaying his targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

21. U.N. climate chief hails Obama pledge

    The recent commitments on global warming by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama mark a new beginning for world negotiations, the head of the U.N.'s climate change body said Wednesday.

22. On Climate Change, Environmental Groups Want Obama to Reverse Troubled Bush Legacy

23. Obama's video message energizes climate conference

    President-elect tells delegates gathered in L.A. to debate tactics for reducing planet-warming pollution that his administration will help lead way to 'a new era of global cooperation.' President-elect Barack Obama sent an explicit message Tuesday to international negotiators of a new global warming treaty that, under his administration, the U.S would move to slash its own greenhouse gas emissions by more than 80% by mid-century, and "help lead the world toward a new era of global cooperation on climate change."

24. Guessing Game On About Obama's Possible Tech Czar

    Tech industry eagerly waiting to see whether new president will name, as promised, a 'chief technology officer' for United States.

25. Waxman expected to advance Obama's climate agenda as new energy committee chairman

    The Californian beats the seniority system to assume John Dingell's leadership post. The shift is seen as a win for environmentalists and a loss for the auto industry. Defeating another political titan, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, the liberal Los Angeles power broker, captured a House post Thursday that will put him at the center of efforts to advance President-elect Barack Obama's proposals to curb global warming, develop alternative fuels and expand health insurance coverage.

26. Congress shake-up helps Obama on climate change

    John Dingell of Michigan was ousted from his chairmanship of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, helping Barack Obama in his plans to promote efforts to combat global warming.

27. Obama's Climate Plan

    President-elect says halting global warming is a top priority.

28. Webcast: Obama's Climate Plan, BlackBerry Storm, Mad Science

    11.20.08: Charles Gibson delivers the World News Webcast.

29. Obama honeymoon short-lived at U.N. climate talks

    Developing nations say that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's goals are not ambitious enough -- ending a brief honeymoon at U.N. climate talks

30. Will Barack Obama Appoint a WMD Czar?

31. At Global Climate Change Talks, Optimistic Eyes Look Ahead to an Obama Administration

32. Int'l Leaders Look to Obama for Climate Progress

    New U.S. leadership brings higher hopes for a global climate agreement.

33. Obama to meet Gore to discuss energy, climate

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will meet Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore in Chicago on Tuesday to discuss energy and climate change, Obama's office said.

34. Obama Meets With Gore to Discuss Climate Change

    ABC NEWS' SUNLEN MILLER REPORTS: In addition to briefly addressing the Gov. Blagojevich news today, President-elect Obama spoke during a quick press availability about his meeting with former Vice President Al Gore. Vice President-elect Biden was also in the meeting...

35. Obama says climate change a matter of national security

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama said on Tuesday attacking global climate change is a "matter of urgency" that will create jobs as he got advice from Al Gore, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the issue.

36. Merkel's Global Warming Waffling: Europe Puts Hurdles in Obama's Climate Path

    Just as the US gets a new president who promises to reverse years of climate change neglect, American environmental experts worry that Europe's resolve on climate change is weakening. Merkel's recent about-face is especially alarming.

37. Obama delegation missing at climate talks

    As ministers from 189 countries gather in Poland to arrive at a new climate change treaty, and with the European Union struggling to finalize its own climate package, progress is hampered by the absence of the team that will forge Barack Obama's climate policy.

38. The Obama team joins the anti-czar movement

    In a hugely encouraging development, The New Republic reports that the Obama transition team hopes to avoid using the word "czar" in the coming administration. I've already had my say on this czarophilia, so I'll let Kevin Drum, who tipped me off to this important news, get his two cents in: Where did this whole czar [...]