President Obama today announced the nomination of Ernest Moniz to be secretary of the Department of Energy.
- Richard Newell
Director of the Duke University Energy Initiative; Gendell Professor of Energy Environmental Economics at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment; and a former head of the U.S. Energy Information AdministrationBio: http://energy.duke.edu/initiative/leadership-staffVideo: http://today.duke.edu/2013/02/richard-newell-myth-energy-independence#video
- Quotes:
"Ernie Moniz brings a rare and welcome set of skills to the position of secretary of energy. He not only has the technical chops to oversee the nation's largest funder of physical science research, he is also familiar with Washington’s ways, having served in the Clinton Administration as both under secretary of energy and in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy."Moniz will face a number of challenges at DOE and as a member of the president's inner energy and environment circle. These challenges range from the development of natural gas exports policy to how one leverages a limited federal energy technology budget to make notable progress on greenhouse gas mitigation and other important energy goals."