GE’s Jeffrey Immelt, Green Energy Proponent, Becomes Obama Advisor
photo via flickr President Obama has a new economic advisor, GE CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt, who will run Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, succeeding Paul A. Volcker. Immelt has been an outspoken advocate for clean energy, which he views as a boon both to his company, which produces wind turbines and other energy infrastructure products, and for the economy. Obama wants the council to “focus its work on finding new ways to encourage the private sector to hire and invest in American competitiveness.” That could mea… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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