What Will Steven Chu's Energy Legacy Be?

[caption id="attachment_10868" align="alignleft" width="385" caption="Courtesy of Department of Energy"] [/caption] Steven Chu will step down as Secretary of Energy at the end of this month, though he "may stay beyond that time so that I can leave the Department in the hands of the new Secretary," he wrote in a farewell letter to Department of Energy (DoE) staff, issued February 1. Regardless, when Chu leaves he will have earned the title of longest serving energy secretary in U.S. history. [More]