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Energy Secretary Nominee Dodges Question On Gas Exports
2013-04-09 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A U.S. Senate committee held a confirmation hearing for Ernest Moniz on Tuesday, who has been nominated to be the U.S. Energy Secretary. Moniz says he will retire from MIT, where he's a professor of physics and energy systems. He would advocate for the Obama administration's "all of the above" energy strategy, which calls for continued fossil fuels development and supports nuclear energy, wind and solar.
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Moniz confirmation for Energy secretary: four things to watch for
2013-03-10 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: On Monday, President Obama nominated Ernie Moniz to be the next Secretary of Energy. Like his predecessor, Stephen Chu, he is a scientist - Moniz is a nuclear physicist. Unlike Dr. Chu, Moniz would come to the job with plenty of experience dealing with Beltway politics, having been in the Clinton Administration from 1995 until 2001 and a member of the President's council of Advisors on Science and Technology for the past four years. Early indications suggest a fairly easy confirmation process. Here...
Will Secretary Moniz Put Energy Back Into The Department of Energy?
2013-03-09 23:55:09| Energy - Topix.net
Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientist Ernest Moniz smiles during his nomination by US President Barack Obama to run the Energy Department on March 4, 2013 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.
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Nobel-winning US energy secretary steps down
2013-02-05 14:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Four years after his appointment as part of President Barack Obama's scientific dream team, US energy secretary Steven Chu is about to step down. How well did he perform in office, and who should fill his shoes? With budget cuts and continued attacks by climate sceptics likely to dog Obama's second term, a politician might be a better choice than another scientist, some observers say. As the first Nobel laureate appointed to a presidential cabinet, Chu ensured that science informed decisions about...
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Departing Energy Secretary Offers Climate Change Warning
2013-02-04 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who announced Friday that hes stepping down, is leaving with a warning that the U.S. must confront climate change. Ultimately we have a moral responsibility to the most innocent victims of adverse climate change. Those who will suffer the most are the people who are the most innocent: the worlds poorest citizens and those yet to be born, Chu writes in a lengthy letter Friday to Energy Department (DOE) employees. There is an ancient Native American saying: 'We...
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