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Senate Confirms Ernest Moniz As Energy Secretary

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.16.2013 | Green
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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz as U.S. secretary of energy. The vote was 97-0. Moniz, a prof...

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Obama Announces Energy Secretary Pick

Posted 03.04.2013 | Politics
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President Barack Obama has nominated physicist Ernest Moniz as Energy Secretary. If confirmed by the Senate, Moniz will replace outgoing secretary Ste...

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Secretary Steven Chu's Next Move

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 02.22.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu will return to Stanford University after he steps down this year. Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, wil...

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Lucia Graves

Cliff Stearns On Solyndra: Steven Chu 'Ignored Every Warning Sign'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 11.30.2011 | Green
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WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are turning up the pressure on Energy Secretary Steven Chu after a spokesman admitted he was responsible for the final...

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Green Energy Innovation: Building A National Commitment

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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James M. Gentile

Clean energy may well be the next economic revolution, and the United States can be at the forefront, if we take full advantage of our nation's streng...

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Chu: Will America Miss Its "Sputnik Moment" on Energy?

David Ferris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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David Ferris

America is at a "Sputnik moment," Energy Secretary Stephen Chu said today. The government's next moves will determine whether the country leads the clean-tech race -- or loses it to China.

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Steven Chu

Yahoo! Finance | Steven K. Paulson, Associated Press Writer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
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DENVER (AP) -- Colorado will get more than $34 million in federal stimulus money for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, U.S. Energy Secr...

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Colorado Democratic Lawmakers Ally Against Mesa County Nuclear Storage

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
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Colorado's senators and Rep. John Salazar sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Steven Chu this week urging him to remove a Mesa County storage site fr...

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The Optimistic Scientist and the Pessimistic Politicians

Yuna Shin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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Yuna Shin

Steve Chu, the Secretary of Energy, is a non-politician in a political position, but no one doubts that he is a very logical choice to be in charge of energy policies in this country.

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Chu Warmly Received, Says Nuclear And Coal Are "Critical"

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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WASHINGTON — Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu promised Tuesday that if confirmed as energy secretary he will aggressively pursue policie...

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Energy Secretary Pick Has Vocally Supported Alternative Fuels

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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WASHINGTON — Steven Chu, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who is President-elect Barack Obama's choice for energy secretary, has been a vocal a...

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Steven Chu, Energy Secretary? (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Physicist Steven Chu will reportedly be named President-elect Barack Obama's Energy Secretary: Democratic officials close to the transition team say...

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Obama to Meet McCain: Will he, Should he, Ask McCain to be Energy Secretary?

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Paul Abrams

The energy program Barack proposed is $15 billion per year for 10 years. Whether McCain could swallow that, and support it vigorously, is unclear.

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