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  • Steven Chu
    For the past two years, I've had the privilege of working with Lisa P. Jackson to help lay the foundation for a sustainable energy future. Today, I’m honored to introduce her as a member of this year’s TIME 100. Find out why I think we need more leaders like Lisa in the profile below.
    The 2011 TIME 100 - TIME
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    Protecting our air, our water and our future
    April 21 at 11:45am · · Comment
  • Steven Chu
    Earlier today, I testified before Congress about a number of important energy issues, including the current situation in Japan. I wanted to share my remarks with you, so that you can have the latest information on the assistance and expertise we’re providing to the Japanese response and recovery efforts:
  • Steven Chu
    In case you missed this afternoon’s White House Press Briefing, here’s Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman’s update on our response to the current situation in Japan.
    3/14/11: White House Press Briefing
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    White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing.
    March 14 at 3:07pm · · Comment
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      • Gregory L Smith
        As a temporary stop gap for oil, CNG is a definitely superior solution than drilling for more fossil fuels, and supporting dirty industries to continue doing it at our expense. I urge you to spend more time on Hydrogen and electrical drivet...rain ideas, but CNG has to be used for about 10 years just to reduce the CO2 we keep building up from both transportation and electricity production via coal burning facilities. Eliminate these issues and you save children from Asthma and poisoning for at least four generations. Isn't that alone worth the effort to try? As a stop gap, support CNG and then, spend more time on energy transfers such as fuel cells and Hydrogen, than burning things to release their inert energy. sources.See More
        April 26 at 6:47pm
      • Vito Collucci www.getvortex.com Invented in Costa Rica, Patented in Brazil, Licensed here in the USA. Retrofit to most Diesel and Gas vehicles. Not a complete answer, but a start to reduce our consumption in our existing and ageing fleets.
        April 27 at 6:59am
  • Steven Chu
    Since the online town hall I hosted in January, many of you have inquired about the modifications I made to my mail slot to eliminate the draft it was creating in my home. So I thought I’d give you a glimpse of it (with some assistance from my wife Jean). Amazing what an old quilt, some bubble wrap and a magnet can do to save energy!
    My Mail Slot
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    March 10 at 12:08pm · · Comment
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      • Bill Baker Next you'll be telling us to rub a democrat and a republican together to make fire
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      • Gregory L Smith
        Jacob, that is a myth! Cushing, Oklahoma has about 500 BILLION barrels of oil waiting to be refracted and refined by refineries in Tulsa, Houston, Tx, and Louisiana. The pipeline is full, the refineries are slowing down this process because... demand is actually down, since prices rose, people drive less and the result is they have high prices with absolutely no problems with supply. You are being played by the oil industry, and you are obviously not seeing what they do not want you to see. It isn't a surprise that the leaders are not addressing this issue. They are deliberately enabling big oil to make more funds, because then they get more taxes! It is counterproductive, however, since fewer gallons means fewer taxes, but who said these people were smart? Oil companies can let this oil sit in Cushing to years, and their investment is safe as long as oil stays high. If it drops, even slightly, watch what begins to happen as supply outstrips demand to the point that they can't recover their buy orders! It is greedy SOBs in Oil that are doing this, and you can bet they have diversified in these past few weeks to head towards buying Natural Gas supply lines and NG companies...It is simply corporate greed and our government doing nothing to stop it. You may not remember the Windfall Profits Tax, but I do! It worked great agains big oil but small companies went bust, because they were exclusively dependent on the Federal subsidies we are directly supporting oil drillers with via the Depreciation supports for oil wells that do not help the Royalty owners, only the well drillers, another lawyerbased system we should dismantle!See More
        April 26 at 6:59pm
  • Steven Chu
    Winning the Biofuel Future
    Today, the Department announced that a research team at our BioEnergy Science Center achieved yet another advance in the drive toward next generation biofuels: using a microbe to convert plant matter directly into isobutanol.  Isobutanol can be burned in regular car engines with a heat value h...
    March 7 at 1:52pm · · Comment
  • Steven Chu
    Spent my birthday yesterday checking out a number of truly groundbreaking projects at ARPA-E’s technology showcase and came away very impressed by what I saw. I invite you to take a look at some of the highlights and let me know what you consider to be the most promising innovations:
    ARPA-E Technology Showcase: Project Spotlight | DOE Blog
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    Last night, we had the chance to visit with a few of the researchers and scientists behind the exciting projects on display at the 2011 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit Technology Showcase. The following projects represent a few of the highlights we found:
    March 1 at 2:06pm · · Comment
  • Steven Chu
    Why it’s important to invest effectively and efficiently as we work to win the future:
    Winning the Future with a Responsible Budget | DOE Blog
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    As part of President Obama’s commitment to winning the future, the Department of Energy will make critical investments in science, research and innovation that will create jobs, grow the economy, and position America to lead the global clean energy economy. Next week, the Administration will unveil
    February 11 at 1:11pm · · Comment
  • Steven Chu
    I’ll be joining President Obama today at Penn State as he tours labs focused on energy efficient building solutions. He’ll discuss proposals to invest in innovations that create jobs and strengthen America’s competitiveness.

    Watch the President’s event live online at 12pmEST at whitehouse.gov/live

    Speaking of innovation, here’s a great example of how our investments are already beginning to pay dividends:
    Clean Energy Firms Aided by U.S. Find Investors
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    The firms were six out of a group of 37 that had received federal assistance because they were deemed too radical or too preliminary to attract private money.
    February 3 at 6:57am · · Comment
  • Steven Chu
    Cool Concept
    When it's time to replace the roof on your home or business, one of the smartest things you can do is consider using a white roof or "cool roof." Instead of absorbing heat in the summer like a black roof, a cool roof reflects sunlight back into space...
    January 31 at 9:51am · · Comment
  • Steven Chu
    I want to thank everyone who participated in today's online town hall. I enjoyed fielding your questions and interacting with everyone in attendance. Stayed tuned to Energy.gov, as my staff will be following up on some of the questions we didn't get to on the Energy Blog in the coming days.
    Missed Today's Town Hall with Sec. Chu? | DOE Blog
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    We have the video of today's online town hall event with Secretary Chu up and ready for your viewing. Check it out below. During the event, Secretary Chu highlighted several parts of the President Obama’s clean energy and innovation agenda: • Ending taxpayer subsidies for fossil fuels so we can
    January 26 at 6:18pm · · Comment
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      • Environmental Educator Wow they must have given you softballs. When I should have said Steven I send you the grandslam you said you are looking for everyday, you had me escorted out, held against my will so no one learns what you prevent. It's this Fridays EnvironmentalEducator.org & free 5 out of 5 star phone app. RESIGN NOW
        March 14 at 10:24pm
      • Gregory L Smith Mr. Educator, try speaking with Ira Flaito with NPR's Science Friday....they might at least give you the time of the day to present your idea in some future show...Just a thought, since you are looking for exposure...
        April 26 at 7:12pm
  • Steven Chu
    About to head down to the auditorium for our online town hall on President Obama's clean energy agenda. Submit your questions and tune in at the link below starting around 12:45 EST
    Live Chat
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    On Wednesday, January 26th at 12:45pm EST, Secretary Steven Chu will host the Department of Energy's inaugural Energy Matters online town hall to discuss President Obama's clean energy and innovation
    January 26 at 9:42am · · Comment
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      • Paul E.Appleton
        Thank you for your leadership. Please keep us informed through this channel. I particularly liked your discussion of hands on at your home to defeat infiltration of mail slot and FIOS installation!! Please consider battery exchange solution... ( Better Place, you should meet with Mr. Agassi) for taxi fleet in NYC, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Denver and San Francisco...as a USG, DOE,EPA & DOT joint project now. At each of these locales your energy storage research from the Hubs can be translated to a real world.....Thanks.See More
        January 27 at 4:22am
  • Steven Chu
    This Wednesday I’ll be hosting an online town hall on President Obama’s clean energy and innovation agenda. I’d like to invite you to join the discussion by submitting your questions below and tuning in to energy.gov/livechat tomorrow at 12:45 PM EST.
    Live Chat
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    On Wednesday, January 26th at 12:45pm EST, Secretary Steven Chu will host the Department of Energy's inaugural Energy Matters online town hall
    January 25 at 8:39am · · Comment
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      • John Monarch Thorium-based nuclear needs to be what we aim for. Extremely safe, the waste cannot be made into a weapon (100% anti-proliferation), cannot melt down under the LFTR/MSR design (the reaction slows itself as the temperature rises), and Thorium is 3.5x more abundant in the Earth's crust than Uranium.
        March 16 at 1:39am
  • Steven Chu
    I'm pleased to announce that we're rolling out a new look to Energy.gov today, and that we'll be introducing even more ways to connect with you in the coming months. As a part of this effort, I want to hear directly from you, my Facebook friends, about what topics you'd like to discuss with us in the coming year.
    Steven Chu Wants To Hear From You
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    Secretary of Energy Steven Chu would like to hear directly from you about what topics you'd like to discuss with us in the coming year. Submit your ideas and comments at Facebook/StevenChu
    January 10 at 7:11am · · Comment
  • Steven Chu
    Where’s Santa?
    Each year on Christmas Eve, children across the country find themselves gazing up toward the stars, searching for the faint outline of a sleigh or the familiar glow of Rudolph’s red nose streaking across the skyline.     As a child, the young scientist in me wanted nothing more than some bit ...
    December 23, 2010 at 5:51pm · · Comment
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      • Cindy Licius ‎@Scott Bittner. Are you kidding me?!!! Do people working at LANL seriously get bonuses???! I work at LBNL and have never heard of people working for the government getting bonuses. Those people at LANL should be thankful that they still have jobs in this economy ! I sorry your are so unhappy during this holiday season. Bahumbug to you too!
        December 27, 2010 at 9:04pm
      • Kelly Howard Hey Cindy, everyone is happy to have a job; however, the people that should be thankful are all those people that the govenermnet continues to give money to that don't work. The rest of us work for we get.
        January 2 at 11:42am
  • Steven Chu
    The Department of Energy has a new "cool roof" -- saving taxpayers money by saving energy. Check it out in the video below:
    Why Cool Roofs?
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    By installing a cool roof at DOE, the federal government and Secretary Chu are helping to educate families and businesses about the important energy and cost savings that can come with this simple, low-cost technology. Cool roofs have the potential to quickly and dramatically reduce global carbon em
    December 14, 2010 at 9:18am · · Comment
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      • William Borum Job well done Mr. Chu, it's great to see the Dept. leading the way in energy conservation, keep up the good work.
        December 29, 2010 at 7:10am
      • Scott Bellefleur Dr. Chu...this video inspired me to white coat two of my flat front porch roofs on an apartment building I own. The Florida sun just bakes these roofs. Used a silicon based special white coating and rolled it on. Should also keep it water tight, give the roof longer life, and cut the heat. Glad to see the DOE leading by example. Let's get the renewable energy program going now. Solar, wind and geothermal.
        March 31 at 6:48pm