Moniz confirmed as US energy secretary

摘要

Washington—As Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ended a boycott and allowed Gina McCarthy’s nomination as Environmental Protection Agency administrator to move forward, the full US Senate gave a smooth 97-0 confirmation to approve Ernest Moniz as energy secretary May 16. Moniz, 67, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has directed the university’s Energy Initiative, replaces Steven Chu, who left office in April.