EMM News Explorer: Steven Chu

[-said]: We have always known there were inherent risks in backing innovative technologies at full commercial scale, and it is very likely that there will be other companies in the portfolio that won't succeed,

newschannel5 10-FEB-12

[ said]: The SunShot Incubator program fosters the innovative small businesses that will rapidly bring technological advances to market and pioneer a new era in American energy,

javno 09-FEB-12

[-said]: If you look at what they’ve done, they’ve done it wisely,

arabtimes 16-JAN-12

[-said]: That’s pretty expensive. We think we’re on target by 2015 so that the cost of that same capacity battery will be reduced to $3,600, a really aggressive step in the right direction,

arabtimes 16-JAN-12

[-said]: It’s not the way I do business,

WashingtonPost 14-JAN-12

[-said]: In the coming decades, the clean energy sector is expected to grow by hundreds of billions of dollars,

CBSnews 13-JAN-12

[-said]: We have to be very careful because we can't be starting six things, and we can only afford four things or five things,

upi 12-JAN-12

[-said]: That's pretty expensive. We think we're on target by 2015 so that the cost of that same capacity battery will be reduced to $3,600, a really aggressive step in the right direction,

trust 11-JAN-12

[-said]: If you look at what they've done, they've done it wisely,

trust 11-JAN-12

[-said]: The public and private sectors can, and should, work together to make sure clean energy technologies are invented in America, made in America and sold around the world,

alertnet 19-NOV-11

[-said]: The majority of the portfolio seems to be in good shape, a large majority,

alertnet 18-NOV-11

[-told]: We really have nothing to hide, we have really nothing to be ashamed of,

alertnet 18-NOV-11

[-said]: I want to be clear: Over the course of Solyndra’s loan guarantee, I did not make any decision based on political decisions,

news 18-NOV-11

[-said]: as well as an even more controversial later decision to subordinate, or put taxpayers second in line behind private investors in recovering funds in the event of a default â€

news 18-NOV-11

[-replied]: Did any Obama campaign donor contact you and ask you to take any action relating to the Solyndra loan guarantee or to the restructuring of that loan guarantee?

CBSnews 18-NOV-11

[-said]: As the secretary of energy, the final decisions on Solyndra were mine and I made them with the best interest of the taxpayer in mind,

upi 18-NOV-11

[-testified]: the bottom of the market falls out,

upi 18-NOV-11

[-acknowledged that]: You're under oath.

CBSnews 18-NOV-11

[-said]: These questions are going over and over and over again, old territory,

alertnet 18-NOV-11

[-said]: Well, it is extremely unfortunate what has happened with Solyndra,

upi 18-NOV-11

[-told]: That remains to seen, but I'm anticipating not very much,

alertnet 17-NOV-11

[-insisted that]: But you don't make decisions fast-forwarding two years in the future and then go back. I wish I could do that.

ABCnews 17-NOV-11

[-said]: was not in the taxpayer's best interests,

trust 17-NOV-11

[-said]: When it comes to the clean energy race, America faces a simple choice: compete or accept defeat. I believe we can and must compete,

trust 17-NOV-11

[-said]: I want to be clear: over the course of Solyndra's loan guarantee, I did not make any decision based on political considerations,

trust 17-NOV-11

[ explained]: In the two years since the Department issued the loan guarantee, Solyndra faced deteriorating market conditions,

xinhuanet_en 17-NOV-11

[ said]: We are in a fierce global race to capture this market, and America faces a simple choice: compete or accept defeat,

xinhuanet_en 17-NOV-11

[ agreed]: They certainly want to dominate the market,

focus 17-NOV-11

[-told]: The final decisions on Solyndra were mine,

focus 17-NOV-11

[-said]: Over the course of Solyndra�s loan guarantee, I did not make any decision based on political considerations.

focus 17-NOV-11

[-said]: Certainly knowing what I know now, we'd say `no,'

news 17-NOV-11

[-said]: Immediate bankruptcy meant a 100 percent certainty of default, with an unfinished plant as collateral. Restructuring improved the chance of recovering taxpayer money by giving the company a fighting chance at success,

AP 17-NOV-11

[-said]: I want to be clear: Over the course of Solyndra's loan guarantee, I did not make any decision based on political considerations,

AP 17-NOV-11

[-said]: And we need to understand how all the warnings, from inside and outside the Department of Energy, were ignored and this risky bet was allowed to happen.

AP 17-NOV-11

[-also says]: totally unexpected.

AP 17-NOV-11

[-also says]: >Steven Chu says no one from the White House ever contacted him to take action on a half-billion-dollar loan to a California solar company that later went bankrupt. Chu tells a House committee under oath that he made all decisions involving the company known as Solyndra and says he made those judgments with the best interests of the taxpayer in mind. Chu also says he wasn't aware of his staff's predictions in 2009 that Solyndra was likely to face severe cash-flow problems. He says market changes that led to

news 17-NOV-11

[-said]: While we are disappointed in the outcome of this particular loan, we support Congress' mandate to finance the deployment of innovative technologies and believe that our portfolio of loans does so responsibly,

AP 16-NOV-11

[-said this month]: You have to keep your wits about you, you have to dispassionately analyze what's the best path to go forward,

trust 16-NOV-11

[-said]: No decision we made in the loan program had anything to do with who is investing in this company,

trust 16-NOV-11

[-said]: I came to Washington because I deeply believe in the importance of our mission,

trust 16-NOV-11

[-said]: what would protect taxpayers the most.

npr 16-NOV-11

[ said]: We improved the [loan] process,

npr 16-NOV-11

[-said]: We did no cut corners. We made it more thorough and diligent... We were very thorough in the application of the loan.

npr 16-NOV-11

[-added that]: second and third opinions about what the landscape was.

npr 16-NOV-11

[-said]: We improved the process. We did not cut corners. We actually made it more thorough and diligent,

alertnet 16-NOV-11

[-said]: As time went on, there was a growing concern because of the cash flow. And so we certainly were watching this and looking at this very closely. And then eventually, we recognized that they were in deep trouble,

alertnet 16-NOV-11

[-said]: Certainly no decision we made in the loan program had anything to do with who was investing in the company,

cnn 16-NOV-11

[-said]: Initially, this breakthrough will make sharing information between our labs much more efficient and pave the way for new discoveries, but it also holds the potential to change and improve our lives much like the original commercialization of the Internet did in the mid-90s,

cnet 14-NOV-11

[-said]: I ... have directed my staff to make sure that the Department provides all necessary assistance and information,

ibtimes 29-OCT-11

[-said]: The old thinking is that you just need lots of tax dollars to help this go along ...,

sciencemag 27-OCT-11

[-said]: The funding announced today through the SunShot initiative will help unleash the vast potential of solar energy to diversify our energy portfolio, create clean energy jobs and re-establish U.S. global leadership in this fast growing industry,

javno 26-OCT-11

[-said]: Just as there is a fierce competition here (at the Solar Decathlon), there is competition across the world,

ipsnews 04-OCT-11

[-said]: Some say this is a race America can't win,

ipsnews 04-OCT-11

[-said]: It’s not enough for our country to invent clean energy technologies, we have to make them and use them, too,

news 03-OCT-11

[-said]: It's not enough for our country to invent clean energy technologies, we have to make them and use them, too,

ABCnews 02-OCT-11

[-said]: To win the clean energy race we must invest in projects like this that fund jobs and increase the generation of clean, renewable power in the U.S.,

AP 30-SEP-11

[-said]: If we want to be a player in the global clean energy race, we must continue to invest in innovative technologies that enable commercial-scale deployment of clean, renewable power like solar,

latimes 29-SEP-11

[ said]: The US needs a price on carbon sooner rather than later,

guardian 23-SEP-11

[-said]: Iran has continued to engage in a long-standing pattern of denial, deceit and evasion, in violation of its (nuclear) non-proliferation obligations,

dailytimesPK 20-SEP-11

[-warned]: provocative behaviour

dailytimesPK 20-SEP-11

[-said]: Expanding, and moving underground, its enrichment...marks a significant provocation and brings Iran still closer to having the capacity to produce weapons grade uranium,

nowlebanon 19-SEP-11

[-said]: Iran has continued to engage in a long-standing pattern of denial, deceit and evasion, in violation of its [nuclear] non-proliferation obligations,

news24 19-SEP-11

[-said]: Expanding, and moving underground, its enrichment to this level marks a significant provocation and brings Iran still closer to having the capability to produce weapons grade uranium,

alertnet 19-SEP-11

[-told]: Iran has continued to engage in a long-standing pattern of denial, deceit, and evasion, in violation of its nonproliferation obligations,

news 19-SEP-11

[-warned]: provocative behavior

jpost 19-SEP-11

[ said]: Transport consumes about 19 percent of the world energy supply and produces about 23 percent of the carbon emissions,

xinhuanet_en 15-SEP-11

[-said]: Transportation is directly tied to our energy challenges.

xinhuanet_en 14-SEP-11

[-said]: Through these awards, the Department of Energy is developing the critical technology and knowledge base necessary to responsibly develop this resource, enhance our energy security and create new clean energy jobs,

javno 09-SEP-11

[ said]: It doesn't change the way we look at Australopithecus overall, but it does suggest sediba might be a good ancestor for the genus Homo ,

latimes 09-SEP-11

[ said]: The fossil record for early Homo is a mess,

france24 08-SEP-11

[-said]: is not perfect, but it's a trade-off.

montrealgazette 07-SEP-11

[ says]: Having Canada as a supplier for our oil is much more comforting than having other countries,

theglobeandmail 06-SEP-11

[-said]: is not perfect, but it's a trade-off,

AP 02-SEP-11

[-told]: is much more comforting than to have other countries supply our oil,

CBC 02-SEP-11

[-said]: It's certainly true that having Canada as a supplier for our oil is much more comforting than to have other countries supply our oil,

AP 02-SEP-11

[ said]: Producing advanced, drop-in biofuels in the US will reduce America's dependence on foreign oil and support development of a new industry that will create jobs in rural communities across the country,

nzherald 02-SEP-11

[-said]: We need engineers. We need scientists,

news 01-SEP-11

[ said]: These investments aim to accelerate the discovery of innovative solutions that could drive down the cost of biofuels production and boost their availability in the marketplace,

finanznachrichten 01-SEP-11

[-said]: Building manufacturing capability for next-generation drop-in biofuels in the United States will support economic development in rural communities, create skilled jobs for American workers, and help the U.S. lead the way toward a secure energy future,

upi 31-AUG-11

[-said]: This project is part of the Administration's commitment to expand our advanced domestic biofuels industry,

upi 22-AUG-11

[-said]: Clean energy is a major driver of American competitiveness and investments like these are essential to secure our position as global leader,

upi 16-AUG-11

[-said]: Investments in the next generation of autos will strengthen our economy and lead to a more fuel-efficient, clean energy future,

javno 11-AUG-11

[-said]: The Agua Caliente Solar project will bring hundreds of jobs to Arizona, while helping increase the reliability of renewable solar power,

upi 09-AUG-11

[-commented]: DoD has great research and development capabilities, such as TARDEC, and they have purchasing power,

globalsecurity 02-AUG-11

[-stated]: Those countries that develop the most efficient technologies will have a world market,

globalsecurity 02-AUG-11

[-said]: It's true that we had no jurisdictional or regulatory authority in the deepwater spill,

scientificamerican 26-JUL-11

[-noted]: The charge from the president was very clear,

scientificamerican 26-JUL-11

[-said]: Just as there is in deepwater drilling, there's a wide range of practices,

scientificamerican 26-JUL-11

[-said]: Tribal nations are well-positioned to take advantage of the benefits of clean energy and energy-efficient technologies,

javno 22-JUL-11

[-said]: Projects such as these will save energy and money, create long-term, clean-energy jobs and spur economic development in tribal communities nationwide,

javno 22-JUL-11

[-told]: These standards do not ban incandescent bulbs,

guardian 11-JUL-11

[-said]: The price of oil goes up, the price of oil goes down, 20 years in the future it's more likely to go up than down. Let's do something about it. We've got to do something about it,

ibtimes 02-JUL-11

[-said]: Together the projects will power hundreds of thousands of homes with clean, renewable power and increase our global competitiveness in the clean energy economy,

javno 01-JUL-11

[-said]: By investing in geothermal research and development, we are investing in our nation's energy future and creating opportunities for energy innovation in the U.S.,

javno 24-JUN-11

[-said]: We are taking this action in response to the ongoing loss of crude oil due to supply disruptions in Libya and other countries and their impact on the global economic recovery,

kuna 23-JUN-11

[-said]: As we move forward, we will continue to monitor the situation and stand ready to take additional steps if necessary,

javno 23-JUN-11

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