EPA needs new chief who respects science, not Carol Browner

Carol Browner, the latest Clinton administration retread to be tapped by Barack Obama, will serve in the newly created and still undefined role of White House “energy czar.” If her statements earlier this year are any indication, she also will serve as court jester.

Offering her opinion of what a new president should do on Day One, Browner said — straight-faced — that “it is very important for the next administration to restore the role and independence of science in decision-making.” Yet as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Browner was notorious for ignoring scientific analysis unless it supported her agenda.