President Obama’s pick for his new energy secretary
should garner support from Republicans, as Ernest Moniz supports fracking and
nuclear energy.
should garner support from Republicans, as Ernest Moniz supports fracking and
nuclear energy.
But he’s also got the look: His appearance, particularly
his hair, looks awfully similar to one of the Founding Fathers. Perhaps the tea party folks will conclude that Moniz would fit in
nicely in any paintings of John Adams.
his hair, looks awfully similar to one of the Founding Fathers. Perhaps the tea party folks will conclude that Moniz would fit in
nicely in any paintings of John Adams.
According to The Washington Post, Moniz, a physicist at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, lends Obama’s Cabinet scientific
heft and brings prior Washington experience. At MIT, he has directed the
school’s Energy Initiative, where he oversaw reports on almost every aspect of
energy. And he has been a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology.
Moniz, who served as associate director of the White House office of science
and technology policy and as undersecretary of energy under President Bill
Clinton, is also devoted to the “all-of-the-above” strategy for
energy that Obama has embraced. In a voluminous written and spoken record,
Moniz has come out in favor of nuclear power, research into carbon capture and
storage for coal, renewable energy and shale gas produced by hydraulic fracturing,
the Post reported.
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, lends Obama’s Cabinet scientific
heft and brings prior Washington experience. At MIT, he has directed the
school’s Energy Initiative, where he oversaw reports on almost every aspect of
energy. And he has been a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology.
Moniz, who served as associate director of the White House office of science
and technology policy and as undersecretary of energy under President Bill
Clinton, is also devoted to the “all-of-the-above” strategy for
energy that Obama has embraced. In a voluminous written and spoken record,
Moniz has come out in favor of nuclear power, research into carbon capture and
storage for coal, renewable energy and shale gas produced by hydraulic fracturing,
the Post reported.
But the energy secretary-to-be faces opposition from the
left. Many environmentalists and some prominent renewable energy experts have
tried to block the nomination of Moniz because of an MIT report supporting fracking
— as hydraulic fracturing is commonly known — and because major oil and gas
companies, including BP, Shell, ENI and Saudi Aramco, provided as much as $25
million each to the MIT Energy Initiative. Other research money came from a
foundation bankrolled by shale gas giant Chesapeake Energy.
left. Many environmentalists and some prominent renewable energy experts have
tried to block the nomination of Moniz because of an MIT report supporting fracking
— as hydraulic fracturing is commonly known — and because major oil and gas
companies, including BP, Shell, ENI and Saudi Aramco, provided as much as $25
million each to the MIT Energy Initiative. Other research money came from a
foundation bankrolled by shale gas giant Chesapeake Energy.
