Policy News
- February 29, 2012
- Bill Clinton: We need to boost the budget for energy
- GigaOm, Katie Fehrenbacher
- “The government should invest even more money in ARPA-E,” and “it would be a terrible mistake” not to boost the budget for energy, said former President Bill Clinton at the ARPA-E conference on Wednesday. On Tuesday Bill Gates expressed a similar sentimentonstage at the event, calling for a twofold increase in ... more ›
- February 29, 2012
- ARPA-E: Real Talk From Bill Gates on Energy
- Time, Bryan Walsh
- When Bill Gates speaks about energy, we should listen. Not just because he’s still one of the richest people in the world, or because he did as much as anyone else living to design the world we live and work in. Rather, listen to Gates on energy because he knows ... more ›
- February 23, 2012
- Defense-Funded Biofuels Program Can Spur Production and Lower Risk to U.S. Government
- National Defense, Taite McDonald and Alex Beehler
- n the wake of failed federal loan guarantees for green companies such as Solyndra and Range Fuels, the alternative-energy industry needs solutions that decrease government risk and elicit bipartisan support. A Defense Department initiative, under the Defense Production Act, is one example of a useful role the government can play ... more ›
- February 23, 2012
- In a Nod to Gas Prices, Obama Talks About Energy
- The New York Times, Mark Landler
- MIAMI — President Obama, confronted by the political perils of surging gas prices in an election year, on Thursday defended his efforts to wean the United States off imported oil, even as he conceded there was little he could do in the short run to ease the pain at the pump. Speaking ... more ›
- February 16, 2012
- Secretary Chu Highlights All-of-the-Above Energy Strategy in Senate Budget Testimony
- DOE, energy.gov
- WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today detailed President Barack Obama’s $27.2 billion Fiscal Year 2013 budget request in testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. In his first hearing since the FY13 budget request was sent to Congress, Secretary Chu emphasized the President’s commitment ... more ›
