Steven Chu's Energy Plan
At yesterday’s hearing, Obama’s selection for secretary of energy outlined his priorities.Steven Chu, president-elect Obama’s pick for secretary of energy, emphasized the need to address climate change...
View ArticleObama Has A New Plan to Stash Nuclear Waste
Energy secretary Steven Chu gives some details about alternatives to the Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste site.The Obama administration may be drawing up plans to store nuclear waste at multiple sites...
View ArticleDOE Finally Issues Solar Loan Guarantee
The guarantee could help Solyndra, a solar cell company, scale-up production.The Department of Energy has finally offered a renewable-energy company one of its long awaited loan guarantees. On Friday,...
View ArticleChu Entertains FutureGen Alliance
Energy Secretary Steven Chu meets with proponents of a troubled clean-carbon project.
View ArticleQ & A: Steven Chu
The secretary of energy talks with Technology Review about the future of nuclear power post Yucca Mountain and why fuel-cell cars have no future.In his first 112 days as the U.S. Energy Secretary,...
View ArticleChallenging Chu on Hydrogen Fuel Cells
The chairman of the California Air Resources Board responds to the energy secretary’s anti-hydrogen-fuel-cell stance.Our recent interview with Steven Chu, the U.S. secretary of energy, seems to have...
View ArticleHydrogen Fuel Cell Funding Restored
Congress pushes back against the Obama administration’s decision to stop research into hydrogen-powered vehicles.In its 2010 budget, the Obama administration put an end to funding for hydrogen fuel...
View ArticleDOE Energy Hubs on the Brink
Research centers conceived to speed energy-related research are facing a tough battle in Congress.A major effort to revamp research and development at the Department of Energy, which Energy Secretary...
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