By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., March 27, 2013 – Poor Ernie Moniz. The MIT academician and energy policy wonk -- President Obama’s choice to be the next Secretary of Energy…
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By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., March 10, 2013 – What if Congress scheduled a hearing on global warming, then had to cancel it at the last minute because of a…
By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., February 23, 2013 -- Will Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. buy nuclear reactor vendor Westinghouse Electric Co.? That rumor was flying at the Platts nuclear…
By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., February 22, 2013 – How many new nuclear reactors are under construction in the world today? That seems like a straightforward question with an easy…
By Kennedy Maize (@kennedymaize) Washington, D.C., 3 February 2013 – Steven Chu has announced his resignation as secretary of energy, so the time has come to pass preliminary judgment on…
By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., 19 January 2013 -- This is a story without much significance beyond the usual cautionary tale about bureaucracies, which hardly needs retelling. But it is…
By Kennedy Maize (@kennedymaize) Washington, D.C., 2 January 2013 – It came as no surprise when, shortly after Christmas, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson said she will step down…
By Kennedy Maize (@kennedymaize) Washington, D.C., 15 Dec. 2012 – Pushed by the pending fiscal cliff and the expiration of 20 years of piecemeal tax subsidies, the U.S. wind industry…
By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., 19 November 2012 – One of the more interesting back stories of the saga of Tropical Storm Sandy and its devastation of Long Island’s electric…
By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., 9 November 2012 – “Three-dimensional musical chairs” best describes what happens in Washington during the start of a second presidential term. The jockeying for position…