The Toronto Star "Summit Insider" blog reports that U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu's snubbed Canada's Environment Minister Jim Prentice out of a photo op on Monday at the Copenhagen climate talks.
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business
It is long past time that our government take seriously and study intensely how oil prices are determined in a world of OPEC, speculation, timid oversight and failing transparency.
Steven Chu | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green
Long before I learned about the risks of climate change, I was fanatical about energy efficiency because I'm cheap. We want to help millions of families seize the same opportunity to cut their utility bills.
Brendan DeMelle | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green
It turns out that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce only has 300,000 members, not the more than 3 million it claimed to represent just a day ago.
James M. Gentile | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
If the future of our nation is not continually renewed by young Americans well supported in their advanced scientific research, we likely will have a very dim future indeed.
Grist.org | Posted 08.29.2009 | Green
Grist.org images an awesome and hilarious facebook page for Energy Secretary Steven Chu....
Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green
On Tuesday's Daily Show, Jon Stewart dedicated the program to talking about climate change, and The Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade bill. He immediately g...
Michael Likosky | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business
The Clean Energy Bank is essential to deliver on President Obama's mandate to "make sure that we are investing in what's required for long term growth."
Trip Van Noppen | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green
The new lighting standards will save enough energy annually to power all U.S. homes for almost a year, while saving consumers $1 billion to $4 billion a year in utility bills.
Deborah Seligsohn | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green
With 20% of the world's population and an economy that continues to grow, China has 14% of the world's coal reserves, but less than 1% of the world's oil and gas reserves.
Salon | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
The greatest task of the Obama administration -- and the next 10 presidents -- is to avoid catastrophic global warming. The latest science warns that ...
AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate swiftly approved six members of President Barack Obama's Cabinet on Tuesday, but put off for a day the vote on his choic...
James M. Gentile | Posted 01.22.2009 | Green
Chu understands that energy policy is not just about oil, and he has a distinguished history of involvement in the kinds of transformational science that could radically alter U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
The Huffington Post | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics
Science Insider reports on the major shift that will occur at the Department of Energy when Steven Chu takes over: Steve Chu could be a groundbreaki...
Josh Nelson | Posted 01.11.2009 | Green
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.
The Huffington Post | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics
Physicist Steven Chu will reportedly be named President-elect Barack Obama's Energy Secretary: Democratic officials close to the transition team say...
Expedition Copenhagen | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green