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Climate and energy expert joins Schatz's office as legislative staffer

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Aug. 28, 2015

Things are heating up in the office of Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii).

A climate and energy associate at the World Resources Institute has changed jobs to cover the same issues on Capitol Hill. Michael Obeiter rejoins the Senate after a three-year absence, this time with the title of legislative assistant working on energy and environmental protection issues.

He last worked in the Senate as a professional staff member with the Senate Budget Committee, starting in 2009 after departing as research manager at World Energy Solutions Inc.

Obeiter served as a senior associate on the Global Climate Program at WRI and has testified on energy issues before Congress. He has a 2004 bachelor's in mathematics and history from Williams College and a 2007 master's in economics, environmental and energy policy from Johns Hopkins University.