Greenwire: A few days before John Podesta departed the White House in February, the heads of big national green groups were summoned to the White House to meet with his successor.
Message: The new guy will look out for you.
Brian Deese -- an economics specialist then just shy of 37 -- had recently been picked as the replacement for Podesta, President Obama's top green adviser, who was taking off to work for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Deese had long been a trusted aide to the president and...