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The Obama administration has tapped a low-profile legislator from North Branch to lead a newly formed coalition on energy and climate change legislation.
Two-term DFL Rep. Jeremy Kalin will head the White House Working Group, an organization of about 40 state legislators from across the country, to push for passage of climate-change legislation in Congress.
Working with Cabinet members and White House staffers, members of the group hope to provide a push for the bills, which have stalled as Congress wrestles with a health care overhaul.
Kalin, who discussed the organization's efforts Wednesday at the Capitol, said he hopes to focus its efforts on clean-energy job growth.
BOB VON STERNBERG
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