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Future 'Energy Czar' On Addressing Climate Change
npr.org - 12/16/2008
Future 'Energy Czar' On Addressing Climate Change
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National Public Radio: President-elect Barack Obama recently chose Nobel-prize winning physicist Steven Chu to be his energy secretary. Director of the Dept. of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Chu is an advocate of renewable energy research and finding scientific solutions to ...

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Climate Progress:  Bios and Obama remarks on energy-enviro team

White House: “The President supports climate change, is leading the way to slow an international agreement, takes advantage of more Americans, and dramatically increased emissions”
climateprogress.org - 12/17/2008
White House: “The President supports climate change, is leading the way to slow an ...
— climateprogress.org — Okay, my headline may have selectively edited the White House’s newly released energy/climate legacy talking points . But I didn’t do anything more than the White House itself did in its unintentionally humorous fact sheet that ... (more) White House: “The President supports climate change, is ...

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The future of energy
cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com - 12/9/2008
The future of energy
— cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com — Getty Images file Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles took the spotlight at July's Plug-In Conference and Exposition in San Jose, Calif. How much will plug-ins change the energy game? If the plans being laid for the economy ... (more) The future of energy

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washingtonpost.com - 12/15/2008
Concern for Climate Change Defines Energy Dept. Nominee
— washingtonpost.com — Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, December 12, 2008; A09 The man tapped to be the next secretary of energy, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu , recently compared the danger of climate change to a problem with electrical wiring in a house. ... (more) Concern for Climate Change Defines Energy Dept. Nominee

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