Climate crusader

As head of the EPA under Bill Clinton, Carol Browner earned a reputation as someone unafraid of standing up to big business. The politically savvy Browner, 54, is now tasked with streamlining and coordinating President Obama’s environmental agenda in the newly created position of assistant to the President for energy and climate change. A protege of Al Gore, Browner, who is also a member of Obama’s auto task force, finds herself at the intersection of energy policy, cap-and-trade legislation, and the battle to save Detroit.

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