Obama Names Energy and Environment Team

Obama's energy and environmental team will play a major role in his quest to revive the U.S. economy by boosting renewable energy use and creating millions of "green" jobs that will ease America's reliance to foreign oil.

"All of us know the problems that are rooted in our addiction to foreign oil. It constrains our economy, shifts wealth to hostile regimes and leaves us dependent on unstable regions," Obama said a news conference in Chicago where he introduced his new cabinet picks.

"To control our own destiny, America must develop new forms of energy and new ways of using it," he said.

Obama's energy and environment team will also be charged with developing policies to reduce carbon emissions blamed for global warming.