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| − | Browner graduated with B.A. in [[English]] and a law degree from the University of Florida in 1977. Browner married Michael Podhorzer in 1987 and they have a son Zachary born in the same year. She divorced and is now | + | Browner graduated with B.A. in [[English]] and a law degree from the University of Florida in 1977. Browner married Michael Podhorzer in 1987 and they have a son Zachary born in the same year. She divorced and is now on her third marriage to Thomas Downey, a former Democratic congressman from New York. <ref>[http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/blog/2007/01/downey_browner_to_marry.html Downey, Browner to Marry] Newsday, January 8, 2007</ref> He is a [[Washington]] lobbyist for ExxonMobil and a dozen 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. <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1866567,00.html Energy Czar: Carol Browner] Time, December 15, 2008</ref> |
==Clinton Administration== | ==Clinton Administration== | ||
Revision as of 15:38, February 18, 2009
Carol Browner (b. December 16, 1955) in Miami, Florida, she is a lobbyist hired by Barack Hussein Obama as energy czar and the former Environmental Protection Agency administrator in the Clinton Administration. Also, the former Florida Department of Environmental Regulation head. She has years experience with environmental issues and takes an extremists viewpoint on Global Warming.
Background
Browner graduated with B.A. in English and a law degree from the University of Florida in 1977. Browner married Michael Podhorzer in 1987 and they have a son Zachary born in the same year. She divorced and is now on her third marriage to Thomas Downey, a former Democratic congressman from New York. [1] He is a Washington lobbyist for ExxonMobil and a dozen 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
Carol was one of 14 members that headed Socialists International, an umbrella group for many of the world's social democratic political parties. Carol and group says it supports socialism and is harshly critical of U.S. policies. [5] They group advocates "global governance" a socialist view that demands rich countries shrink their economies to address global warming.
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
- The Albright Group
References
- ↑ Downey, Browner to Marry Newsday, January 8, 2007
- ↑ Energy Czar: Carol Browner Time, December 15, 2008
- ↑ Crooked Carol Browner Michelle Malkin, December 12, 2008
- ↑ Carol Browner Unduinfluence.com
- ↑ Obama climate czar has socialist ties Washington Times, January 12, 2009