Ernest Moniz

Energy Secretary Nominee: Need Carbon Price To Double Or Triple Cost Of Dirty Energy

Reposted from Climate Progress: Tuesday is the confirmation hearing date for Energy Secretary nominee Ernest Moniz. The MIT professor will face the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee (webcast here starts at 10 am ET). I have known Moniz for 30 years. Turns out he was my professor for advanced electromagnetism in 1982. Then I worked … [continued]

DOE Secretary Nominee Ernest Moniz On Climate Change, Natural Gas, Cleantech, Nuclear Energy, & Energy…

Reposted from Climate Progress: By Rebecca Leber, with support from Tiffany Germain President Obama nominated MIT physicist Ernest Moniz as Secretary of Energy to replace outgoing Steven Chu. In his announcement, Obama called Moniz a “brilliant scientist” who “knows that we can produce more energy and grow our economy while still taking care of … [continued]