| − | Cameron Davis has been appointed the [[Great Lakes]] Czar in the [[Obama Administration]]. Selected by [[EPA|Environmental Protection Agency]] head [[Lisa Jackson]], her [[Responsibility|responsibilities]] will include coordinating a number of federal agencies on issues relevant to Great Lakes, including invasive species, polluted harbors, sewage overflows and degraded wildlife habitat. Ms. Davis is one of a number of environmental czars, joining [[Chuck Fox]], charged with directing cleanup of the Chesapeake bay. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Davis served as the head of the [[liberal]] [[environmentalist]] organization Alliance for the Great Lakes. | + | '''Cameron Davis''' is the "[[Great Lakes]] Czar," in the [[Obama Administration]].<ref name=GB>[http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/29391/ List of Obama's Czars], GlennBeck.com, August 21, 2009.</ref> Appointed in June 2009, Cameron's formal title by the Obama administration is Special advisor to the U.S. EPA overseeing its Great Lakes restoration plan. He reports to the [[EPA|Environmental Protection Agency]] Administrator [[Lisa Jackson]]. His [[Responsibility|responsibilities]] include coordinating a number of federal agencies on issues relevant to Great Lakes, including invasive species, polluted harbors, sewage overflows and degraded wildlife habitat. Cameron Davis is one of a number of environmental czars, joining [[Chuck Fox]], charged with directing cleanup of the Chesapeake bay. |
| | + | Prior to his appointment, Cameron Davis was President of the Chicago-based, [[liberal]] [[environmentalist]] organization Alliance for the Great Lakes.<ref name=GB/> He was a litigating attorney and served as an adjunct clinical assistant [[professor]] of [[law]] at the [[University of Michigan]] Law School. Davis also served with the [[United Nations]] Environment Program in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]], where he worked on the [[Montreal Protocol]] to protect the [[Earth|Earth’s]] ozone layer, and U.S. EPA’s Office of Regional Counsel in [[Chicago]]. |