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Related: About this forumBillionaire philanthropist, environmentalist considered for Secretary of Energy position
[div style="float: left; padding-right: 12px;"]"One name seems to be popping up increasingly in the chatter about possible picks to replace the likely departing Steven Chu as secretary of energy: Tom Steyer, head of Farallon Capital Management, one of the worlds biggest hedge funds.
Steyer, a billionaire and major Democratic donor, is highly regarded by the White House, snagging a coveted spot at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Steyer wrote a multimillion-dollar check and teamed with former secretary of state George Shultz to help defeat a referendum that would have rolled back Californias ambitious renewable energy legislation. And he donated millions to create sustainable energy and a finance center at Stanford University, and $25 million to launch an energy sciences institute at Yale."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/is-obamas-secretary-of-energy-list-shortening/2012/12/17/15f2e5d6-449f-11e2-8061-253bccfc7532_blog.html
Demeter
(85,373 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)in another post, about Tepco being in bed with regulators.
Demeter
(85,373 posts)and the foxes are so blatant, it's hard not to notice....
tinrobot
(10,909 posts)Warren Buffet has done a lot of good and so has Bill Gates... I'm sure there are other good billionaires out there. Perhaps he's one of them.
Buying influence with someone like that might be a little too dear, even for Big Oil.