While Politico also notes "buzz" about MIT physics professor Ernest Moniz, the theme among the above contenders is clear: Obama wants someone who can play politics, a skill set Chu was never all that ...

As a Nobel-winning physicist, Steven Chu brought an empirical focus to the Department of Energy. But the star scientist—who will reportedly step down as Energy Secretary for Obama's second term—often ...

WASHINGTON Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Thursday the proposed Yucca Mountain site in Nevada no longer is an option for storing highly radioactive nuclear waste, brushing aside criticism from ...

The New York Times reports this morning: An unrepentant energy secretary [Steven Chu] will square off on Thursday with a Republican-led committee that has spent months arguing that his department ...

As part of President Obama’s comprehensive plan to move our economy toward domestic clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy ...

President-elect makes key appointments to energy, environmental team. WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama plans to name Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado to run the Interior Department, ...

Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu spoke with Northwestern students and faculty Wednesday about current obstacles to achieving net-zero emissions and potential technological improvements that ...

Not a whole lot of information at this point as its breaking news, but here's some information on Chu.<BR><BR>Seems like a good pick.