Group Urges DOE To Expand Climate Research Beyond Technology Focus

The Climate Policy Center (CPC), a Washington, D.C., think tank, is urging the Department of Energy (DOE) to retool its climate research program to broadly combat climate change, rather than focusing on individual technologies that can provide incremental steps in limiting greenhouse gas emissions. "Someone ought to be looking at a home run," a CPC source says, explaining why the group is pushing for an "exploratory research" program not tethered to technologies such as fossil fuels, nuclear and renewable energy...