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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2015, file photo, workers tend to oil pump jacks behind a natural gas flare near Watford City, N.D. Since Donald Trump took office, America’s exports of liquid natural gas and crude oil have surged, rivaling the likes of Saudi Arabia and Russia. To achieve “energy dominance,” the Trump administration has taken its cues from an unlikely source: the Obama administration. (AP photo/Eric Gay, File)

How DC unleashed fossil-fuel exports despite climate worries

By JIE JENNY ZOU of the CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY - Associated Press

Ex-US energy secretary Ernest Moniz returns to MIT

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FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2016 file photo, Energy Ernest Moniz speaks in Vienna, Austria. Moniz says any effort to revive the long-dormant nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain is doomed to fail because the project lacks support from elected officials in the state. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

Energy chief: Bid to revive Nevada nuclear waste dump doomed

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

This Jan. 4, 2017, image provided by the U.S. Energy Department and its contractor Nuclear Waste Partnership shows workers moving waste underground at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M. The repository, the federal government's only underground spot for disposing of low-level nuclear waste, had been shuttered for nearly three years since a 2014 radiation release. (Sam Christensen/Nuclear Waste Partnership via U.S. Energy Department)

Ernest Moniz, energy secretary, lauds opening of nuke repository

By Susan Montoya Bryan - Associated Press

This Jan. 4, 2017, image provided by the U.S. Energy Department and its contractor Nuclear Waste Partnership shows workers moving waste underground at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M. The repository, the federal government's only underground spot for disposing of low-level nuclear waste, had been shuttered for nearly three years since a 2014 radiation release. (Sam Christensen/Nuclear Waste Partnership via U.S. Energy Department)

APNewsBreak: Energy boss: Nuke site reopens but work remains

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz speaks during the general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, at the International Center in Vienna, Austria. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

U.S. poised to become leading exporter of natural gas

By Brennan Weiss - The Washington Times

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz (left) and Secretary of State John Kerry talk on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 28, 2015, prior to testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Iran Nuclear Agreement. (Associated Press)

Ernest Moniz: Dems not getting ‘squishy’ on Iran nuke deal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Iran Nuclear Agreement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

John Kerry pressed on Capitol Hill over Iran deal verification problems

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John F. Kerry insisted that the Obama administration was clear that any nuclear deal should be viewed separately from overall U.S. criticisms of Iran's record at home and abroad. "This plan was designed to address the nuclear issue alone, not to reform Iran's regime, or end its support for terrorism, or its contributions to sectarian violence in the Middle East," he said. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Senators slam John Kerry: Obama’s Iran deal lacks details

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

White House National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice said the additional documents signed by the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran "are not public" but that the administration would share the information with lawmakers behind closed doors. She indicated that the U.S. government doesn't have the documents. (Associated Press)

Obama aides deny secret U.N.-Iran side deals

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stopped short of explicitly calling on Congress to stop the deal in its tracks, but he did make clear that, in his opinion, the agreement in its current form endangers Israel and guarantees that Iran will remain a destructive force in the Middle East. (Associated Press)

Benjamin Netanyahu, Republicans take aim at Obama Iran nuclear deal

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to reporters prior to his meeting with Pakistan's Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan during the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Summit, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, at the State Department in Washington. The White House is conveying a three-day summit to bring together local, federal, and international leaders to discuss steps the US and its partners can take to develop community-oriented approaches to counter extremist ideologies that radicalize, recruit and incite to violence. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

John Kerry: U.S. ready to walk away from Iran nuclear talks if ‘significant gaps’ don’t close soon

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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz (Associated Press) **FILE**

Official to Moniz: Power lines take too long

By MEAD GRUVER - Associated Press

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, left, and U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, talk about Idaho&#8217;s nuclear research efforts at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls on Wednesday, August 20, 2014. Moniz spoke at the inaugural Intermountain Energy Summit. Moniz says the United States isn't shunning coal or oil energy sources, but instead, officials are finding ways to reduce their carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Kimberlee Kruesi)

Energy secretary pushes for nuclear power

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI - Associated Press

New Jersey state troopers kept order as motorists and pedestrians waited in long lines to purchase gasoline in the paucity following Superstorm Sandy. The storm's fallout highlighted the need for increased domestic oil reserves. (associated press)

Energy Department eyes regional gas reserves for emergency use

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama’s Energy Secretary Moniz: Oil boom boosted economy — but we’re focused on ‘global warming’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz has toured Louisiana's Gulf Coast oil and gas operations to assure the industry the administration supported its growth. At his side was Sen. Mary Landrieu, one of the Democrats' most vulnerable incumbents in this fall's election. (Associated press photographs)

Cabinet politics: Federal officials, grants are sent to help vulnerable Democrats

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Energy secretary discusses Detroit LED lighting

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US Energy Secretary says climate action critical

By WILSON RING - Associated Press

Energy Secretary Moniz praises Oak Ridge projects

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