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 ...

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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 ...

Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize winner in physics, and former U.S. Secretary of Energy, delivers the Keeley Lecture on Environmental Policy, Saturday, Feb. 27. From left, Dean Paul Koch, physical and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former Energy Secretary Steven Chu is joining the board of directors of a Canadian company that says it has a cost-effective way to capture and reuse carbon dioxide from power plants ...

As the global climate crisis intensifies, the demands for innovative and scalable solutions grow increasingly urgent. In a recent article published in Frontiers in Energy, Nobel laureate Dr. Steven ...

Republicans claim political ties influenced lending. March 20, 2012 — -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu defended his agency today against allegations the Obama administration cut corners to get ...

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 ...

As a Nobel-winning physicist, Steven Chu brought an empirical focus to the Department of Energy. But the star scientist—who will reportedly step down as Energy Secretary for Obama's second term—often ...

Before his job in Washington D.C., as the Secretary of Energy, Chu taught at Cal and Stanford. His research at Bell Labs helped him win a Nobel Prize in physics. He was also director of the Lawrence ...

WASHINGTON — Under oath Thursday, Energy Secretary Steven Chu denied White House influence in his decision to guarantee a $535 million federal loan to solar maker Solyndra. He refused to apologize for ...