Reuter's reports: President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Nancy Sutley, a deputy mayor of Los Angeles, to head the White House Council on Environmental Quality, a Democratic official said on Wednesday.Sutley has a long history in the environmental community. She is currently deputy mayor for energy and environment for Los Angeles and served on the California State Water Resources Control Board earlier this decade. . . .
Sutley has a long background as an environmental policy-maker, serving from 2003 to 2005 on the California State Water Resources Control Board, which is responsible for protecting water quality and resources throughout California.
She also served as former California Gov. Gray Davis' energy adviser, managing state and federal regulatory and financial matters among other duties, and was deputy secretary for policy and intergovernmental relations at the California Environmental Protection Agency.
During the Clinton administration, Sutley was senior policy adviser to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's regional administrator in San Francisco and a special assistant at EPA headquarters in Washington.
California, the most populous U.S. state, has pushed for environmental action under Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, most notably asking the federal government to approve tougher pollution standards for cars and light trucks; the Bush administration denied that request.
Los Angeles, known for its car culture and air pollution, has taken steps to cut its carbon footprint, according to Anna Soellner of the Center for American Progress.
Looks like a good pick to me.
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