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Obama Energy Pick a Nobel Physicist

Chu was an early advocate for climate change solutions

By Ambreen Ali,  Newser User

Posted Dec 10, 2008 5:15 PM CST

(Newser) – Nobel laureate Steven Chu is Barack Obama's nominee for energy secretary, the Wall Street Journal reports. The acclaimed physicist, director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, was an early advocate for finding scientific solutions to climate change, and his lab is doing groundbreaking work in...   Read full story »

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