Chu represents the essence of Obama's approach. He's someone with the intelligence and empiricism to see that the status quo is unacceptable and that radical change is the only sensible -- pragmatic -- response.
For the past eight years our energy and environmental policies have been run by children. All of that is set to change with the welcome news of Obama's apparent new Energy Secretary, Steven Chu.
You'd already guessed it ... but now it's official: The U.S. has been in recession since December 2007. The official announcement was made Monday, fol...
What's it going to take to turn this oil and coal burning, greenhouse gas spewing super tanker around?
The University is competing to win a $550-million contract from the Department of Energy (DOE) to build a new nuclear physics facility at Argonne Nati...
If President-elect Obama is truly serious about affecting climate change... then we must end the appointment of coal and other extraction industry executives.
DURHAM, N.C. — For more than a decade, the federal government has spent millions of dollars pumping elevated levels of carbon dioxide into small...
What a way to emerge from the excitement of last Tuesday's election than to read about the three major automakers plea for another handout.
WASHINGTON — Heating U.S. homes with oil this winter will cost a painful $450 more than a year ago, another slap to families already reeling fro...
Why is it that our media hardly ever gets it right and lets the oil industry and the speculators run roughshod over our pocketbooks?
Cause and effect? You decide. Consider the time frame.
What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for if not a situation such as this? But don't count on this administration to do anything to contain the price of oil and thereby bring consternation to their cronies in the oil patch.
Bodman's letter criticizing Friedman gives a frightening picture of this administration and the Department of Energy's priorities.
