Obama Administration appointments for environment and EPA

NY Times reports that

officials said Mr. Obama would name Steven Chu, the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, as his energy secretary, and Nancy Sutley, deputy mayor of Los Angeles for energy and environment, as head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Mr. Obama also appears ready to name Carol M. Browner, the E.P.A. administrator under President Bill Clinton, as the top White House official on climate and energy policy and Lisa P. Jackson, who until recently was New Jersey’s commissioner of environmental protection, as the head of the E.P.A.

You can check out the Wikipedia biography of Carol M Browner and Lisa P. Jackson. Judging by the resumes, both sound like decent choices.

According to Wiki on Steven Chu:

The laboratory under Chu has been a center of research into biofuels and solar energy technologies. Chu has been a vocal advocate for more research into alternative energy, arguing that a shift away from fossil fuels is essential to combat global warming.

I am concerned that Obama has chosen someone as his energy tsar who's background specialty seems to be biofuels. We should watch that Obama does not focus too much on biofuels. After all, the corn biofuel boondogle was Obama's pet pork project when he served as US Senator for Illinois.

I blogged about Nancy Stutley in a previous post.