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kristopher

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Fri Apr 12, 2013, 07:24 PM Apr 2013

Articles on New Energy Secretary

Amy Goodman (Democracy Now) March 26, 2013
Energy Nominee Ernest Moniz Criticized for Backing Fracking & Nuclear Power; Ties to BP, GE, Saudis
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/3/26/energy_nominee_ernest_moniz_criticized_for


New Era for Energy Department Expected Under a Secretary Moniz
By Coral Davenport April 8, 2013 | 10:36 p.m.

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“I think it will be a very different agency than it was in the first term,” said Charles Ebinger, director of the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution, who has worked with Moniz on energy policy for many years.

“Ernie knows climate change, but also unconventional oil and gas and coal and nuclear. He will push the president towards a more balanced policy. I think you’ll see a focus on unconventional oil and gas and not as much on renewables.”

Frank Verrastro, director of the energy program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said, “He’ll be a more complete secretary of Energy. He brings different skills. He’s focused on climate and clean energy, but he’s aware of what’s going on in the oil and gas space. It’s an opportunity for the administration to gain back some energy-policy stake.”

The nation’s energy picture has changed profoundly since 2008, when Obama appointed Chu to lead the DOE. Since then, a boom in unconventional oil and gas development, thanks to breakthroughs in hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” technology has led to a dramatic increase in domestic oil and gas supply. Obama has been particularly bullish on natural gas as a one-two punch for his climate-change and economic goals: The fuel has half the carbon emissions of coal, and the new glut of it has lowered U.S. manufacturing costs.

The fossil-fuel industry, which regularly railed against Chu, has already indicated its openness to Moniz...

http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/new-era-for-energy-department-expected-under-a-secretary-moniz-20130408


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Articles on New Energy Secretary (Original Post) kristopher Apr 2013 OP
He's a shoe-in, I suppose. NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #1
Oil, gas and nuclear approved.. kristopher Apr 2013 #2
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