Dive Summary:
- President Barack Obama hopes to formally announce his nominees to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE), according to sources.
- Obama will likely appoint Gina McCarthy as the head of the EPA, while MIT energy researcher Ernest Moniz is expected to named the new leader of the DOE.
- Moniz's confirmation would be the second consecutive nuclear physicist Obama has named to the post; McCarthy was previously an environmental advisor for Mitt Romney in Massachusetts.
From the article:
A former undersecretary of energy during the Clinton administration and a famously enthusiastic researcher, Moniz is director of MIT’s Energy Initiative, which gets funding from energy titans like BP, Chevron and Saudi Aramco to conduct research on technologies designed to reduce greenhouse gases. Environmentalists have expressed reluctance about the Moniz choice, due to his support for developing shale gas production through hydraulic fracturing. The president has publicly affirmed support for shale gas development as well. ...
