Obama Announces Green Team

President-elect Barack Obama named the four leaders of his energy and environmental team at a press conference in Chicago this evening, pledging “a new hybrid economy” and “an era of innovation.”

The Nobel Prize-winning Berkeley physicist Steven Chu will serve as the secretary of energy. Environmental advocates have More…

Physicist Tops Obama’s List for Energy Secretary

CNN and The Huffington Post are reporting that President-elect Barack Obama is close to settling on Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu as his pick for energy secretary.