A top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee said Thursday that President Obama should fire Energy Secretary Steven Chu because of the role he played in approving and restructuring a ...

Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu spoke with Northwestern students and faculty Wednesday about current obstacles to achieving net-zero emissions and potential technological improvements that ...

The first of 470 interviews of Obama administration officials and others involved in the debates of the time offer a fresh inside look at a consequential presidency. By Peter Baker Some experts fear ...

The first Nobel Prize–winning scientist to join a White House cabinet, Steven Chu made history when he became Barack Obama’s energy secretary in 2009. But his move to Washington cost him an incredible ...

While Politico also notes "buzz" about MIT physics professor Ernest Moniz, the theme among the above contenders is clear: Obama wants someone who can play politics, a skill set Chu was never all that ...

President Obama’s Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, renounced his previously-stated desire to see gas prices rise to match European levels in order to motivate alternative energy research, telling the ...

Nobel Prize-winning physicist and U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu will return to Stanford University after he steps down from his cabinet position. Chu, who previously served as the director of ...

As of April 22, Steven Chu has served his last day at the Department of Energy (DOE) as its secretary. Chu will return to his post as a professor at Stanford University in California. Chu is the ...

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that he would be stepping down. Chu’s departure is not unexpected, and it’s not rare—most second Presidential administrations feature a lot of Cabinet ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Steven Chu was a Secretary for the Department of Energy with 44 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2008 News Conference as a Nobel Laureate. The ...