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Energy secretary Steven Chu resigns
2013-02-01 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Energy Secretary Steven Chu resigned Friday after a four-year tenure during which he handed out tens of billions of dollars of grants and loans to foster renewable energy technologies -- and ended up fostering controversy over whether the money was well spent. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist, who was brought to Washington by President Obama because of Chu's deep concern about climate change, found himself embroiled in controversy over a half-billion-dollar loan to solar-panel-maker Solyndra,...
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Outgoing Energy Secretary Warns Of Dangers Of Climate Change
2013-02-01 23:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Secretary Chu is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who came into office with high hopes. He was selected to help the president pursue his green energy agenda and fight climate change. It turned out to be a rocky road. Some of the green companies that got big government loans, like Solyndra, ended up going bankrupt, and the president had to drop his plans to get Congress to adopt climate change legislation. Still Chu helped the country make progress in becoming more energy efficient.
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Energy Secretary Chu Resigns From Post
2013-02-01 19:30:00| OGI
President Obama thanked Chu for his help in increasing clean energy alternatives and moving the country towards energy independence.
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Energy Secretary Chu steps down, blasts climate-change skeptics
2013-02-01 18:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yahoo: Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in 2011 (Larry Downing/Reuters)Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist frequently the target of Republican criticism, announced Friday that he was stepping down in the latest shake-up of President Barack Obama's Cabinet. Chu, who disclosed his decision in a letter to Energy Department staff, frequently clashed with GOP lawmakers over gas prices as well as government backing for green-energy companies like the failed firm Solyndra. In his letter,...
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu Announces Resignation
2013-02-01 07:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Energy Secretary Steven Chu is stepping down. The Energy Department said Friday Chu has offered his resignation to President Barack Obama. Chu won a Nobel Prize in physics but came under questioning for his handling of a solar energy loan. Chu is a former director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. He drew fire from Republicans who criticized his handling of a $528 million federal loan to solar panel maker Solyndra, which later went bankrupt, laying off its 1,100 workers. The White House...
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