(OT) Obama climate czar has socialist ties

"Until last week, Carol M. Browner, President-elect Barack Obama's pick
as global warming czar, was listed as one of 14 leaders of a socialist
group's Commission for a Sustainable World Society, which calls for
"global governance" and says rich countries must shrink their economies
to address climate change.
By Thursday, Mrs. Browner's name and biography had been removed from
Socialist International's Web page, though a photo of her speaking June
30 to the group's congress in Greece was still available.
Socialist International, an umbrella group for many of the world's
social democratic political parties such as Britain's Labor Party, says
it supports socialism and is harshly critical of U.S. policies.
The group's Commission for a Sustainable World Society, the
organization's action arm on climate change, says the developed world
must reduce consumption and commit to binding and punitive limits on
greenhouse gas emissions."


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"Socialist International, an umbrella group for many of the world's
social democratic political parties such as Britain's Labor Party, says
it supports socialism and is harshly critical of U.S. policies.
The group's Commission for a Sustainable World Society, the
organization's action arm on climate change, says the developed world
must reduce consumption and commit to binding and punitive limits on
greenhouse gas emissions.
Mr. Obama, who has said action on climate change would be a priority in
his administration, tapped Mrs. Browner last month to fill a new
position as White House coordinator of climate and energy policies. The
appointment does not need Senate confirmation.
Mr. Obama's transition team said Mrs. Browner's membership in the
organization is not a problem and that it brings experience in U.S.
policymaking to her new role.
"The Commission for a Sustainable World Society includes world leaders
from a variety of political parties, including British Prime Minister
Gordon Brown, who succeeded Tony Blair, in serving as vice president of
the convening organization," Obama transition spokesman Nick Shapiro
said.
"Carol Browner was chosen to help the president-elect coordinate energy
and climate policy because she understands that our efforts to create
jobs, achieve energy security and combat climate change demand
integration among different agencies; cooperation between federal, state
and local governments; and partnership with the private sector," Mr.
Shapiro said in an e-mail.
Mrs. Browner ran the Environmental Protection Agency under President
Clinton. Until she was tapped for the Obama administration, she was on
the board of directors for the National Audubon Society, the League of
Conservation Voters, the Center for American Progress and former Vice
President Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection.
Her name has been removed from the Gore organization's Web site list of
directors, and the Audubon Society issued a press release about her
departure from that organization."
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