Chu refocussed DOE efforts heavily into renewable energy, and while the ThinkProgress article [1] pushes the "going public with climate change rhetoric" angle,

Chu refocussed DOE efforts heavily into renewable energy, and while the ThinkProgress article [1] pushes the "going public with climate change rhetoric" angle, for me the money quote is: "The cost of renewable energy is rapidly becoming competitive with other sources of energy" I am guessing that Chu kept his head down deliberately about climate change to avoid the ire of the deniers, and funded efforts to reduce the cost of emission-free alternative energy. The deniers have nowhere to go, as over the next two decades cheaper electricity generated with zero emissions will steadily replace more expensive gas/coal generation, and petrol/diesel for transport. A job well done. [1] http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/02/01/1529531/chu-resigns-writes-of-growing-evidence-were-making-weather-more-extreme-and-moral-responsibility-for-action/ http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/02/01/1529531/chu-resi...