Carol Browner

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Carol Browner (b. December 16, 1955, in Miami, Florida) is a lobbyist hired by President Barack Hussein Obama as energy czar and was the Environmental Protection Agency administrator in the Clinton Administration. She is also the former head of the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation. She has years of experience with environmental issues and takes an extremist viewpoint on Global Warming.

Contents 1 Background 2 Clinton Administration 3 Socialism 4 Shady Ethics 5 Global Warming Alarmism 6 References

Background

Browner graduated from the University of Florida with B.A. in English in 1977 and a law degree in 1979. She married Michael Podhorzer in 1987, and they have a son, Zachary, born in the same year. She divorced and is now in her third marriage, to Thomas Downey, a former Democratic congressman from New York.^[1] He is a Washington lobbyist for ExxonMobil and a dozen other firms on energy policy. She was named "Mother of the Year" in April 1997 by the National Mother's Day Committee for her dedication to providing "children with a safer, healthier world." She was also named Glamour magazine's Woman of the Year in 1998.^[2]

Clinton Administration

Browner was ordered by a federal judge to keep her data files for the incoming Bush Administration and for the Freedom of Information Act. Instead she ordered the files destroyed and the back-up tapes erased. She claimed she had no clue about a court injunction signed by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth.^[3] After a two-year legal battle, Judge Lamberth finally held the EPA in contempt of court for the systemic file destruction. Also, Browner got caught by a congressional subcommittee using taxpayer funds to create and send out illegal lobbying material to over 100 grassroots environmental lobbying organizations. She installed more than a dozen environmental group operatives into EPA posts.^[4]

Socialism

Browner was listed on the website of Socialist International (SI) as one of 14 leaders of its Commission for a Sustainable World Society. SI "says it supports socialism and is harshly critical of U.S. policies". The Commission advocates "global governance" and "says rich countries must shrink their economies to address climate change".^[5]

Shady Ethics

Browner, Obama's White House climate czar, instructed auto industry execs “to put nothing in writing, ever” regarding secret negotiations she orchestrated regarding a deal to increase federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. ^[6] Federal law requires officials to preserve documents concerning significant policy decisions. This follow the same stunt she pulled as head of the EPA, where she was ordered by a judge to preserve documents but didn't, for which the EPA was fined. Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-WI, is demanding a congressional investigation of Browner’s conduct.

Global Warming Alarmism

Browner is a member of or a lobbyist for the following leftwing environmental organizations:

• Commission for a Sustainable World Society
• Center for American Progress
• Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection
• Citizen Action
• APX, Inc.
• League of Conservation Voters
• Albright Group
• National Audubon Society

References

1. ↑ Downey, Browner to Marry Newsday, January 8, 2007
2. ↑ Energy Czar: Carol Browner Time, December 15, 2008
3. ↑ Crooked Carol Browner Michelle Malkin, December 12, 2008
4. ↑ Carol Browner Unduinfluence.com
5. ↑ Obama climate czar has socialist ties Washington Times, January 12, 2009
6. ↑ Culture of corruption watch: “Put nothing in writing…ever” MichelleMalkin.com, July 9, 2009