WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » U.S. Energy Department http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:59:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Fall River Native Sworn In As U.S. Energy Secretary http://wbsm.com/fall-river-native-sworn-in-as-u-s-energy-secretary/ http://wbsm.com/fall-river-native-sworn-in-as-u-s-energy-secretary/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 23:23:05 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=80754 Physicist Ernest Moniz has been sworn in as the nation's new energy secretary.
 
    The 68-year-old Fall River native and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor took the oath of office Tuesday at the Energy Department

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President Barack Obama has nominated two people with strong ties to Massachusetts to run the Energy Department and Environmental Protection Agency.

Obama on Monday promoted current EPA official Gina McCarthy to lead the agency and MIT scientist Ernest Moniz to run the Energy Department.

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