Steven Chu Energy Secretary

Republicans Deny Their Support Of Green Energy Is Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A group of Republicans are complaining that Energy Secretary Steven Chu has mischaracterized GOP lawmakers' attempts to speed up federal...

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Energy Secretary Touts Solar In Colorado

AP | CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 01.18.2012

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ARVADA, Colo. — Countries are lining up to supply a huge global market for solar energy, and it's important for the United States to stay in the...

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Chu Takes Responsibility For Solyndra Loan

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 01.17.2012

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WASHINGTON — An unapologetic Energy Secretary Steven Chu defended a half-billion-dollar federal loan to a solar-panel manufacturer that went bel...

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White House Slams GOP Claim 'We Can't Compete With China'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is seizing on remarks by a top Republican who argued that the United States cannot compete with China in the so...

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The Half-Billion Solyndra Debacle -- Why Is Steven Chu Energy Secretary?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.26.2011

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Energy Secretary Steven Chu has impressive credentials, but he is sadly miscast for the rough and tumble, oft unforgiving world of oil and energy markets and its cast of malign actors

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White House Fails On Promise Of Solar Panels On Roof By Spring

HuffingtonPost.com | Paige Lavender | Posted 08.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Despite a promise from a top Obama administration official that solar panels and a solar water heater would be installed on the White Ho...

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Steven Chu: Nuclear Plant Near New York City Will Be Reviewed

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu weighed in on Sunday on a controversial nuclear reactor located near New York City, saying that the administ...

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You Need a Nobel Prize to Be High Dumb on Oil Prices

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.26.2011

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How fortunate we are to have two Nobel Laureates bringing their prestige to matters relevant to oil markets. They instruct us on matters of oil pricing and get it dangerously wrong while we pay at the pump.

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Discover and Deliver: The Big Picture on Energy

Steven Chu | Posted 05.25.2011

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The steps the Department of Energy has taken in the past two years have put America on the course that leads to a clean energy future and millions of new jobs.

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U.S.-China Clean Energy Cooperation Is Good for America and Good for the World

Steven Chu | Posted 05.25.2011

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While the United States is competing for leadership in energy innovation, we have much to gain by cooperating with China.

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Energy Secretary Chu Talks Energy Innovation and U.S. Competitiveness

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Secretary Chu's understands the urgency of ramping up energy innovation in order to maintain U.S. competitiveness. He also believes it is not too late to act.

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Featured Doer: Steven Chu

Posted 05.25.2011

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The first Nobel Laureate to be appointed to a presidential cabinet-- he is the recipient of the 1997 Prize in Physics -- Chu brings scholarly gravitas...

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Stop the Nukespeak and Tell the Truth About Nuclear Technology

Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Once again government and industry shills are ignoring reality and lying to us about the dangers of nuclear energy -- and once again the media is aiding and abetting them.

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Weatherization: Saving Money by Saving Energy

Steven Chu | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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Steven Chu Snubs Canada's Environment Minister in Copenhagen

Expedition Copenhagen | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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The Incredible Shrinking U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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Oil's Massive Price Distortion Militates the Reconvening of the 1970s Federal Oil Price Task Force

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

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Young Science USA

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

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Steven Chu's Awesome Facebook Page

Grist.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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Grist.org images an awesome and hilarious facebook page for Energy Secretary Steven Chu....

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Jon Stewart Talks Cap And Trade, Interviews Energy Secretary Chu

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Secretary Chu's Bank

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011

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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."

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How Many Presidents Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb?

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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Can the U.S. and China Cooperate on Coal?

Deborah Seligsohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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Obama Cabinet's Commitment To Real Science: Will Direct Focus First Towards Global Warming

Salon | Posted 05.25.2011

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The greatest task of the Obama administration -- and the next 10 presidents -- is to avoid catastrophic global warming. The latest science warns that ...

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Senate Confirms 6 Obama Cabinet Picks, Clinton Not Included

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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