Malloy names Yale professor, Obama adviser as environment commissioner
CT Mirror

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy today named Daniel C. Esty, a Yale professor with a national reputation for reconciling environmentalism and economic growth, as his choice to run a new Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Esty, an energy adviser to Barack Obama's transition team, is the author of nine books, including a volume that marked him as an environmentalist attuned to economics, "Green to Gold, How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage."

"Specifically, it is not an environmentalist telling businesses how to behave, but is a business perspective on bringing the environment into corporate strategy," one reviewer wrote.

Esty was reported two years ago as being on Obama's short list for possible administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency.The book reportedly brought Esty to the attention of then-candidate Obama.

Esty is the latest Malloy appointee whose selection reflects the governor's interest in finding appointees with expertise in business growth.

Esty is the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale and holds faculty positions in the university's environment and law schools. He also serves as the director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Center for Business & Environment at Yale.

Esty is married to former Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Cheshire.

Malloy is naming Esty to run an agency whose existence will require legislative approval. Until the proposed consolidation is approved, he will be the commissioner of environmental protection.
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