Redecorating Time in Foggy Bottom

Jody Freeman, a Harvard Law School professor, is the counselor for energy and climate change in the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change, which is what they call Energy and Environment Empress Carol M. Browner's shop.

April '07: Greenhouse-gas law could still face hurdles - Los Angeles Times

“I think it’s a very tough call right now,” Harvard University environmental law professor Jody Freeman said when asked whether the state’s mandate to have cleaner cars on the road by 2009 would be met. “I don’t think the chances are great, because I think there’s reason to believe Congress will act before EPA.” Freeman filed a brief supporting greenhouse-gas regulation in the case decided Monday by the Supreme Court.

Jody Freeman, 2008:  In the Obama administration, yet another person who seriously believes  CO2 caused Katrina

[Jody Freeman] It’s hard to describe these serious environmental issues as fun, because it can sound perverse—I mean, sea levels are rising, hurricanes are intensifying, national security is being compromised by climate change, and it’s all sort of bad news. But in fact these issues are exhilarating to me because there is such opportunity for innovation and creativity, both by government and nongovernment actors. There is so much good academic scholarship to write, and so much to do to train students for the future. Strangely, my optimism just deepens at the darkest, bleakest moments. When Hurricane Katrina happened, like many people who care about climate change, I actually thought, Finally, a catastrophic event that will make people realize that something serious and strange is going on in the natural world! If anything will bring this home and force government to act, it’s going to be the terrible impact of Katrina.