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Article: Environmental Defense Fund Honored that Board Vice Chair Reportedly Picked as NOAA Administrator
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- U.S. Newswire
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- December 19, 2008
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Katharine Burnham of the Environmental Defense Fund, +1-
202-415-5742, kburnham@edf.org
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Environmental
Defense Fund is honored that President-elect Barack Obama has
selected EDF Board Vice Chair Jane Lubchenco to head the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), according to several
sources contacted by The Washington Post (http://
voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/12/18/
lubchenco_will_helm_national_o.html).
"Dr. Lubchenco is the perfect person to run NOAA because of her
tireless work to protect our oceans, and her depth of understanding
of climate change is unmatched," said Environmental ...