Overnight Energy: Chu To Tout Obama Energy in N.M.

Steven Chu

From thehill. -Energy Secretary Steven Chu is taking President Obama’s State of the Union energy message on the road Thursday.  Chu will “discuss the Obama Administration’s commitment to energy innovation and advanced manufacturing” in Albuquerque, N.M., according to the Energy Department.  Rep. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will join Chu on a tour of the Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility in the morning. Then Chu will hold a town hall at the University of New Mexico. The trip is part of a broad push by the administration to tout the energy proposals Obama outlined Tuesday night in his State of the Union address.  Obama, in the speech, outlined plans to expand renewable energy on public lands and called on Congress to pass legislation to “help manufacturers eliminate energy waste in their factories and give businesses incentives to upgrade their buildings.”  More News New Mexico

Overnight Energy: Chu To Tout Obama Energy in N.M.