{"id":546481,"date":"2010-04-28T23:30:49","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T03:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itecsinsider.com\/?p=15105"},"modified":"2010-04-28T23:30:49","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T03:30:49","slug":"secretary-chu-testimony-to-senate-energy-and-water-development-subcommittee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/546481","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Chu Testimony To Senate Energy And Water Development Subcommittee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11066\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px;\" title=\"water authority\" src=\"http:\/\/itecsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/water-authority.jpg\" alt=\"water authority\" width=\"86\" height=\"68\" \/>(DOE, April 28, 2010) Washington, DC &#8212; Secretary Steven Chu testified today before the Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development on current energy policies and future energy goals. \u00a0His opening statement is as follows:\u00a0 Chairman Dorgan, Ranking Member Bennett, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss our nation\u2019s energy policy.\u00a0 We are driven to change our energy habits by several serious challenges.\u00a0 America is highly dependent on oil.\u00a0 Our climate is changing as a result of our carbon emissions.\u00a0 In order to mitigate the considerable risks of climate change, the world must transition to a sustainable energy future, which will require nothing short of a new industrial revolution.\u00a0 America\u2019s future jobs and prosperity may well depend on whether we lead or follow in this transformation.\u00a0 The leaders in China now recognize that if the world continues on its current path, climate change will be devastating to China and to the rest of the world.\u00a0 They acknowledge that China\u2019s growth in carbon emissions is environmentally unsustainable and are working hard to lessen their emissions growth.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energy.gov\/news\/8904.htm\" >Click here to read more&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(DOE, April 28, 2010) Washington, DC &#8212; Secretary Steven Chu testified today before the Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development on current energy policies and future energy goals. \u00a0His opening statement is as follows:\u00a0 Chairman Dorgan, Ranking Member Bennett, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-546481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}