Secretary Chu’s Remarks at the Clean Energy Ministerial Opening Session, as prepared for delivery
April 25, 2012 – 9:03am
I would like to thank Secretary of State Davey and the United Kingdom for hosting the third Clean Energy Ministerial, and thank everyone here for traveling to join us and for participating in this important forum.
Today, we have an extraordinary responsibility and opportunity: a responsibility to confront our shared energy and climate challenges, and an opportunity to do this by advancing clean energy technologies that can save consumers money, promote economic growth, strengthen energy security, and expand access to energy. Read more 
Weekly highlights of U.S. Government news
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Climate Change. Today’s “U.S. Government highlights” cover a range of issues from the past two weeks. I begin with the 17th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa. Jonathan Pershing, the Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change at the U.S. Department of State and head of the U.S. delegation for the first week of the Read more
Weekly highlights of U.S. Government news
This week’s U.S. Government highlights cover a range of issues. We begin with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), who recently announces the winners of its “Apps for the Environment” challenge. The Department of Energy announced funding that will be made available to local communities to improve energy efficiency by improving access to electricity consumption data. The State Department’s Kerri-Ann Jones held a press briefing to discuss a new information gathering exercise underway as part of the Keystone XL pipeline review process. And, the Secretary of State and large group of Pacific Island leaders met to discuss a range of issues including the environment and climate change, renewable energy, fisheries, non-communicable diseases, and maritime security. Read more
Weekly highlights of U.S. Government news
This week’s U.S. government highlights include a new video from the White House encouraging girls to pursue STEM careers, an EPA announcement of new awards for clean diesel projects, a NASA scientist receiving the inaugural Climate Communications Prize, and the video from last week’s web chat with DOE Senior Advisor Richard Kauffmann. Read more
Weekly highlights of U.S. government news
Every Tuesday, we aim to provide quick highlights of some of the U.S. Government’s announcements from the last week. Each week, we’ll try to pick a mix of topical and interesting stories from a wide range of Departments and Agencies, providing a view into the full array of ESTH efforts under way. This week includes announcements from the Department of Energy, NASA, Environmental Protection Agency, State Department, and the White House. Read more