Obama Selects Steven Chu as Energy Secretary, CNN Reports

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Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Steven Chu, who runs the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at the University of California, has been chosen by President-elect Barack Obama as energy secretary, CNN reported, citing three unidentified people.

Berkeley alarmist Steven Chu expects CO2 to cause 'disasters in orderS of magnitude different from anything we've experienced thus far'

Since the IPCC report came out in 2007, new data point to even more alarming scenarios. We underestimate the risk and ignore the fact that the planet is threatened with 'sudden, unpredictable, and irreversible disaster,' says Steve Chu, one of the world's leading climate and energy experts.

Catastrophic damage to ecosystems because of global warming is 'a significant possibility.' We can expect 'disasters in orders of magnitude different from anything we've experienced thus far,' like abrupt, large-scale shifts in the climate system, collapse of ocean circulation and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and heat waves killing thousands of people. It is most likely that cities such as Tokyo, Mumbai, Buenos Aires, New York, and London must be protected behind sea walls because of rising sea levels and extreme weather.

These are some of the conclusions in an interview published today with Nobel Laureate Dr. Steve Chu, Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California.