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Moniz: Shale Gas Boom a Low-Carbon Solutionfor Now

2013-02-21 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

InsideClimate: The likely nomination of nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz to lead the Department of Energy has drawn criticism from some environmentalists who say his support for natural gas and close ties to industry would undermine efforts to tackle climate change. Moniz strongly favors natural gas as a "bridge fuel" and directs the MIT Energy Initiative, a research program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that is funded by some of the world's largest fossil fuel companies. "His appointment to the DOE...

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