Dr. Steven Chu is a name most will not recognize yet he holds one of the more important positions in President Obama's cabinet as Energy Secretary. He is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and at the time of his appointment was the Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and a professor at the University of California-Berkeley. LBNL, one of the most prestigious labs in the country, has been a longtime proponent of climate change and its mission under Chu has been to become the world leader in alternative and renewable energy research. President Obama has made combating climate change a top issue on his agenda and I feel that the appointment of Chu is a step in the right direction. Not only does Dr. Chu have the administrative background to handle a program with a large budget and many research interests, but he also is a world-renowned scientist with a remarkable research history. The Washington Post has held several interviews with Secretary Chu which discuss various topics ranging from climate change to the cap and trade policy proposed in the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. The videos can be found here.
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