Tuesday, May 2, 2017

USA, Washington D.C.: New Head of Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Trump appoints critic of renewable subsidies as acting head of DOE renewable energy office (The Washington Post)


President Trump has appointed Daniel Simmons, a conservative scholar who sharply questioned the value of promoting renewable energy sources and curbs on greenhouse gas emissions, to oversee the Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), according to an email distributed to department employees.