doi:10.7916/x7t0-2d58Oral history interview with Carol M. Browner, 2020Browner, Carol M. (Carol Martha), 1955-oral historiesmixed materialPresidents--United StatesClimatic changes--United StatesEnvironmental policy--United StatesAutomobiles--Fuel consumption--United StatesBP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010Browner, Carol M. (Carol Martha), 1955-Obama, BarackUnited States. Environmental Protection AgencyUnited StatesConference of the Parties (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) Copenhagen, Denmark) 2009 : (15thAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009Carol Browner reflects on her career in environmental policy and regulation, and discusses her contributions to the environmental policies of the Clinton and Obama presidential administrations. Browner describes the hostility to federal regulation and the politicization of climate science that followed the 1994 midterm elections, and her response to that opposition as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Browner also outlines her service as director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy from 2009 to 2011, focusing on the office's role as a facilitator of collaboration between relevant offices and agencies across government. She also discusses her involvement in the important regulatory and legislative initiatives of the period, including support for renewable energy companies in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Waxman-Markey bill (American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009), the introduction of CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) Standards, and the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference. Browner outlines the relationship between legislation and federal and state regulatory agencies, emphasizing the importance of regulatory autonomy for agencies with scientific and technical expertise in particular domains. Also discussed are the coordination of disaster response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the history and effects of the Supreme Court's decision in Massachusetts v. EPA (2007)