Hill
Heat has learned that NRDC legislative
director Karen Wayland will return to
Congress
as a climate and energy policy adviser for Speaker Nancy Pelosi
(D-Calif.). Dr. Wayland holds a dual Ph.D. in geology and resource
development from Michigan State University.
From 2001 to 2003, Dr. Wayland served as the American Geophysical Union Congressional Science Fellow for Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), working on nuclear waste, water, energy and Native American issues, immediately upon completion of her doctoral dissertation.