Steven Chu
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White House gets into 10/10/10 spirit with solar-panel plan
Today's announcement that the Obamas will be cooking their breakfast courtesy of the sun could not have come at a better moment.
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The White House is going solar
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced that the Obama White House will bring back solar power, removed decades ago by the Reagan administration.
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The Climate Post: First They Came For The Bill; Now, the EPA
First things first: Some environmental groups are giving up, for now, on a cap and trade bill. Sen. Dick Lugar predicted that the EPA, which is moving forward on efforts to curtail emissions of greenhouse gasses via its rule-making authority, would see a “rebellion” that would lead to its powers being “substantially curtailed.” Some of […]
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Here’s why renewable energy needs a boost from Congress
Ground was broken for what will likely become the largest wind farm in the country -- but overall, the news for renewable energy is not so good.
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Solar drones, homemade wifi, and other amazing tales of green
From solar cells as small as lint to environmentally-friendly predator drones, here are 10 tales to share this weekend.
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Energy ministers meet in U.S. to discuss clean energy
Who will lead the global race for the clean energy future?Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard via flickrThe race for the clean energy future comes to Washington, D.C. today — only symbolically if the U.S. doesn’t seize the moment. Energy ministers from 20 countries that account for over 80 percent of the world’s global […]
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Can we get some attention for our issues now?
Fareed Zakaria — prominent foreign policy writer, Newsweek International editor, Washington Post columnist — uses President Obama’s campaign words to suggest it’s time for the president to devote his attention to energy policy: During the 2008 campaign — before the global economic crisis — Barack Obama said the top three things he wanted to accomplish […]
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Chu compares climate disinformation campaign to tobacco industry's efforts
Here is our Nobel prize-winning physicist Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, in a San Jose Mercury News interview: SJMN: Are you worried that the political will to enact a national policy or somehow tax or price carbon emissions is gone now? If you look at recent polls, the number of Americans who believe that global warming is […]
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Brian Baird: ‘This is not government mind control’
Representative Baird. There aren’t many psychologists in Congress (though many members could probably use one), so Rep. Brian Baird (D) brings a unique perspective. He has a PhD in clinical psychology and published two books in the field before coming to D.C. to deal with dysfunctions of a different sort. He has represented Washington’s 3rd […]