If you don't know the name of the current Energy Secretary, you're not alone. Many Americans don't recall the person leading this Cabinet post except when energy issues matter most.But to those who have been following Steven Chu, Ph.D., a well-known physicist and current Energy Secretary, there is a chasm of differences as to how well he is performing. And that matters to a lot of people in the oil and gas industry as well as the business community.In December 2008, when President Obama nominated Steven Chu, Ph.D., as the 12th U.S. Secretary of Energy, he became the public face of President Obama's clean energy mission, to slash carbon emission by 80 percent by 2050. He was also the public face to take on climate change and tackle the country's dependence on foreign oil.
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