173-Clean Energy Panel - Moniz, DeLeon, Lee
"As United States Secretary of Energy, Dr. ERNEST MONIZ is tasked with implementing critical Department of Energy missions in support of President Obama’s goals of growing the economy, enhancing security and protecting the environment. This encompasses advancing the President’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, maintaining the nuclear deterrent and reducing the nuclear danger, promoting American leadership in science and clean energy technology innovation, cleaning up the legacy of the cold war, and strengthening management and performance.
Prior to his appointment, Dr. Moniz was the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he was a faculty member since 1973. At MIT, he headed the Department of Physics and the Bates Linear Accelerator Center. Most recently, Dr. Moniz served as the founding Director of the MIT Energy Initiative and as Director of the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment where he was a leader of multidisciplinary technology and policy studies on the future of nuclear power, coal, nuclear fuel cycles, natural gas and solar energy in a low-carbon world.
From 1997 until January 2001, Dr. Moniz served as Under Secretary of the Department of Energy. He was responsible for overseeing the Department’s science and energy programs, leading a comprehensive review of nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship, and serving as the Secretary’s special negotiator for the disposition of Russian nuclear materials. From 1995 to 1997, he served as Associate Director for Science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President.
In addition to his work at MIT, the White House and the Department of Energy, Dr. Moniz has served on a number of boards of directors and commissions involving science, energy and security. These include President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the Department of Defense Threat Reduction Advisory Committee, and the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future.
A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Moniz is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Humboldt Foundation, and the American Physical Society.
Dr. Moniz received a Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude in Physics from Boston College, a Doctorate in Theoretical Physics from Stanford University, and honorary degrees from the University of Athens, Boston University, the University of Erlangen-Nurenberg, Iowa State University, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Michigan State University and Universidad Pontificia de Comillas.
KEVIN DE LEON serves as President pro Tempore of the California State Senate. As Senate leader, Senator de León (D-Los Angeles) has made fighting climate change and building a clean energy economy a top priority. He has authored numerous measures to bolster clean energy generation, improve air quality, and direct funding to the communities disproportionately affected by air pollution and other environmental hazards.
Most recently, he fought to extend California’s groundbreaking climate law, AB 32, successfully setting new statewide emissions reductions targets of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. In 2015, he authored Senate Bill 350, which requires California to generate half of its electricity from renewable sources and double energy efficiency in buildings by 2030, while also dramatically expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure. He has also championed efforts to make electric vehicles and other forms of clean energy accessible to middle- and low-income families through rebates and tax incentives.
In 2012, he co-chaired the campaign for Proposition 39, which closed a corporate-tax loophole and redirected hundreds of millions of dollars annually to create jobs in energy efficiency and clean energy projects in the state’s K-12 schools.
Senator de León served four years in the Assembly before his Senate election in 2010. In 2014 he became the first Latino elected to lead the Senate in 130 years.
State Representative CHRIS LEE serves as Majority Whip and Chairman of the Energy and Environmental Protection Committee in the Hawaii State Legislature. Elected in 2008 as the legislature's first millennial, he has worked to make Hawaii a world leader on climate policy, successfully authoring laws establishing the Hawaii Climate Adaptation Initiative, making Hawaii the first state to mandate 100% renewable electricity by 2045, and this year, a new law making Hawaii the first state to commit to a zero-emissions clean economy and statewide carbon neutrality by 2045. He authored the nation's first tax breaks for organic and climate-responsible agriculture, laws making utility profits dependent on eliminating fossil fuels, and required all public schools and universities to become net-zero by 2035. He also passed laws protecting transgender individuals, addressing gun violence, protecting workers from exploitation, and fight the influence of money in politics by requiring SuperPACs to disclose secret donors, prohibiting state contractors from making political donations, and raising penalties for elections fraud. He helped lead successful campaigns to pass same-sex marriage, block a $4.5 billion fossil fuel deal, and expand the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument to create the largest protected area in the world. Rep. Lee serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations and volunteers in the community. He graduated from Oregon State University."
173-Clean Energy Panel - Moniz, DeLeon, Lee
"As United States Secretary of Energy, Dr. ERNEST MONIZ is tasked with implementing critical Department of Energy missions in support of President Obama’s goals of growing the economy, enhancing security and protecting the environment. This encompasses advancing the President’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, maintaining the nuclear deterrent and reducing the nuclear danger, promoting American leadership in science and clean energy technology innovation, cleaning up the legacy of the cold war, and strengthening management and performance.
Prior to his appointment, Dr. Moniz was the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he was a faculty member since 1973. At MIT, he headed the Department of Physics and the Bates Linear Accelerator Center. Most recently, Dr. Moniz served as the founding Director of the MIT Energy Initiative and as Director of the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment where he was a leader of multidisciplinary technology and policy studies on the future of nuclear power, coal, nuclear fuel cycles, natural gas and solar energy in a low-carbon world.
From 1997 until January 2001, Dr. Moniz served as Under Secretary of the Department of Energy. He was responsible for overseeing the Department’s science and energy programs, leading a comprehensive review of nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship, and serving as the Secretary’s special negotiator for the disposition of Russian nuclear materials. From 1995 to 1997, he served as Associate Director for Science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President.
In addition to his work at MIT, the White House and the Department of Energy, Dr. Moniz has served on a number of boards of directors and commissions involving science, energy and security. These include President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the Department of Defense Threat Reduction Advisory Committee, and the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future.
A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Moniz is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Humboldt Foundation, and the American Physical Society.
Dr. Moniz received a Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude in Physics from Boston College, a Doctorate in Theoretical Physics from Stanford University, and honorary degrees from the University of Athens, Boston University, the University of Erlangen-Nurenberg, Iowa State University, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Michigan State University and Universidad Pontificia de Comillas.
KEVIN DE LEON serves as President pro Tempore of the California State Senate. As Senate leader, Senator de León (D-Los Angeles) has made fighting climate change and building a clean energy economy a top priority. He has authored numerous measures to bolster clean energy generation, improve air quality, and direct funding to the communities disproportionately affected by air pollution and other environmental hazards.
Most recently, he fought to extend California’s groundbreaking climate law, AB 32, successfully setting new statewide emissions reductions targets of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. In 2015, he authored Senate Bill 350, which requires California to generate half of its electricity from renewable sources and double energy efficiency in buildings by 2030, while also dramatically expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure. He has also championed efforts to make electric vehicles and other forms of clean energy accessible to middle- and low-income families through rebates and tax incentives.
In 2012, he co-chaired the campaign for Proposition 39, which closed a corporate-tax loophole and redirected hundreds of millions of dollars annually to create jobs in energy efficiency and clean energy projects in the state’s K-12 schools.
Senator de León served four years in the Assembly before his Senate election in 2010. In 2014 he became the first Latino elected to lead the Senate in 130 years.
State Representative CHRIS LEE serves as Majority Whip and Chairman of the Energy and Environmental Protection Committee in the Hawaii State Legislature. Elected in 2008 as the legislature's first millennial, he has worked to make Hawaii a world leader on climate policy, successfully authoring laws establishing the Hawaii Climate Adaptation Initiative, making Hawaii the first state to mandate 100% renewable electricity by 2045, and this year, a new law making Hawaii the first state to commit to a zero-emissions clean economy and statewide carbon neutrality by 2045. He authored the nation's first tax breaks for organic and climate-responsible agriculture, laws making utility profits dependent on eliminating fossil fuels, and required all public schools and universities to become net-zero by 2035. He also passed laws protecting transgender individuals, addressing gun violence, protecting workers from exploitation, and fight the influence of money in politics by requiring SuperPACs to disclose secret donors, prohibiting state contractors from making political donations, and raising penalties for elections fraud. He helped lead successful campaigns to pass same-sex marriage, block a $4.5 billion fossil fuel deal, and expand the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument to create the largest protected area in the world. Rep. Lee serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations and volunteers in the community. He graduated from Oregon State University."