Climate Change Power Maps
The power maps below illustrate the House and Senate committees and sub-committees in the U.S. Congress that are considering climate change legislation and the administrative agencies involved in climate change policy making.
Congressional Committees
The images below link to PDFs which include links to committee and subcommittee web pages. The descriptions relate aspects of the committee or sub-committee's jurisdiction to climate change and rural communities.
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| U.S. Congressional Committees — Overview (pdf, 132 kb) | U.S. House of Representatives (pdf, 152 kb) | U.S. Senate (pdf, 108 kb) |
Administration Power Map
| Assistant to the President For Energy and Climate Change |
| Deputy |
| Chairwoman of the Council on Environmental Quality |
| CEQ Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation |
| Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs |
| White House Science Advisor |
| National Economic Council Director |
| Chairwoman of the Council of Economic Advisors |
| Chairman of the Presidents Economic Recovery Advisory Board |
| EPA Administrator |
| Senior Policy Counsel |
| Senior Policy Counsel on Climate Change |
| Senior Counsel for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Focus on Climate Change |
| Secretary of Interior |
| Deputy Interior Secretary |
| Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget |
| Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management |
| Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Development |
| Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Economic Recovery |
| Assistant Secretary for Fish Wildlife and Parks |
| Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish Wildlife and Parks |
| Director of BLM |
| Renewable Energy Coordination Offices |
| Director of National Park Service |
| Director of Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Secretary of Agriculture |
| Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations |
| Undersecretary of Natural Resources and Environment |
| Undersecretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services |
| Office of Ecosystem Services |
| Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service |
| Chief Economist |
| Global Climate Change Program Office (under the Office of the Chief Economist) |
| Forest Service |
| Chief of Forest Service |
| Research and Development, Acting Deputy Chief |
| Staff Assistant |
| National Forest System, Associate Deputy Chief |
| State and Private Forestry, Associate Deputy Chief |
| Business Operations, Associate Deputy Chief |
| External Relations, External Affairs Officer |
| Implementation Teams |
| Science/Management Integration |
| Director, Forest Management Sciences |
| Coordinator |
| Monitoring |
| Director, Qualitative Sciences |
| Coordinator |
| Adaption Priorities |
| Sustainable Landscape Management Board of Directors |
| Coordinator |
| Mitigation |
| Director, Resource Use Services |
| Coordinator |
| Sustainable Operations |
| Associate Deputy Chief, Business Operations |
| Coordinator |
| Education |
| External Affairs Officer |
| Coordinator |
| Alliances |
| External Affairs Officer |
| Coordinator |
| Climate Chance Science Advisor |
| Climate Change Science Project Leader |
| Officer of the General Counsel |
| General Counsel |
| Budget |
| Support |
| Regional Forester and Area Director Representation |
| Research and Development |
| Station Director, Pacific Northwest Station |
| National Forest System |
| Regional Forester, Eastern Region |
| Region One |
| Staff Assistant |
| Region Two |
| Director, Planning |
| Region Three |
| Director, Planning, Watershed and Air |
| Region Four |
| Director, Vegetation Management |
| Region Five |
| Director, State and Private Forestry |
| Region Six |
| Deputy Regional Forester |
| Region Eight |
| Director, Planning |
| Region Nine |
| Deputy Director, Air, Water, Land, Soils, Minerals & Environmental Services |
| Region Ten |
| Group Leader, Policy Analysis & Economics |
| Northeastern Area |
| Forest/Group Leader |
| Northern Station |
| Assistant Director for Research |
| Southern Station |
| Assistant Director for Research, Threats |
| Rocky Mountain Station |
| Assistant Station Director for Strategic Accountability |
| Pacific Northwest Station |
| Hydrologist |
| Pacific Southwest Station |
| Research Scientist |
| Forest Products Lab |
| International Institute of Forestry |
| Director |
| Liaison to Western Forestry Leadership Council and Western Governors' Association |
| Biomass and Bioenergy Coordinator |
| Secretary of Labor |
| Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs |
| Secretary of Energy |
| Deputy of Energy Secretary |
| Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy |
| Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy |
| Pacific Regional Biomass Energy Program |
| Renewable Resources Specialist |
| Under Secretary of Commerce and Administrator of NOAA |
| Secretary of Treasury |
| Energy and Environment Office |
| Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy and Environment |
| Director |






