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In response to Republican claims that the Obama administration is not working to lower gasoline prices, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu said that the DOE is on track to lower gasoline prices through some indirect methods, including promotion of alternatives such as biofuels and electric vehicles. Speaking at a White House hearing on the DOE’s budget, Chu said his department is making investments in technologies to improve automobile gas mileage, expand battery life for electric vehicles and develop biofuels to reduce U.
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THE PRO-NUCLEAR OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: Energy Secretary Steven Chu: “The Administration and the Energy Department are committed to restarting America’s nuclear industry – creating thousands of jobs in the years ahead and powering our... Read Post

Republicans pulled the Solyndra scandal back into the spotlight with another investigative hearing Thursday, this time grilling Obama's Energy Secretary Steven Chu over why his department threw half a billion dollars at a doomed sol... Read Post

On February 28, as reported at the Politico, Obama administration Energy Secretary Steven Chu told a House panel the following in response to a question he interrupted about his interest in having an "overall goal" of lowering gas p... Read Post