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Fmr. Secy. Ernest Moniz: risk of nuclear use ‘higher today than it has been since the Cuban missile crisis’

Ernest Moniz joins Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC to discuss Putin’s decision to put Russian nuclear deterrent forces on alert. 

Why the government needs to speed up our energy transition

Amy Harder spoke with former Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz about the energy transition in her Harder Line Column.

Investors jumpstart battery funding to plug clean energy gap

Sarah Murray at Financial Times quotes Alex Breckel, EFI’s former Director of Research.

Energy Department to announce Clean Energy Corps, hire 1,000 staffers to work on climate change

In her Climate 202 column, Washington Post reporter Maxine Joselow wrote about the energy transition using comments from Ernest J. Moniz.

California needs to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open to meet its climate goals

Former U.S. Energy Secretaries Steven Chu and Ernest Moniz layout why reimagining Diablo Canyon’s role in California’s energy future is critical in the Los Angeles Times.

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Biden should do more to prevent the accidental launch of nuclear weapons. Here’s how.

In an opinion piece for The Washington Post, Ernest Moniz and Sam Nunn discuss the increasing global risk of nuclear use and options for reducing it.

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Former US energy chief Moniz outlines top climate investment priorities

On an episode of Market Intelligence Live, Ernest Moniz outlines his top three clean energy investment priorities.

Glasgow — from ambition to impact?

In a Boston Globe opinion piece, Ernest Moniz and Melanie Kenderdine say Glasgow can have a material impact on global deep decarbonization, but a pragmatic approach is critical.

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Opinion: Joe Manchin is wrong about spending on climate change. It would be good for his state.

Columnist David Ignatius critiques Senator Manchin’s position on the Clean Energy Performance Program and praises the Labor Energy Partnership for recognizing the clean energy transition as a job creator in The Washington Post.

As COP26 approaches, experts talk tech, carbon pricing and what governments should do next

Ernest Moniz discusses government regulation and carbon pricing with CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick.