Energy Matters is a weekly publication of the American Energy Society. Here are some bits of energy news covering the past month . The new director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory ( NREL ) in Golden, Colorado from 1October2025 will be Jud Virden. Has a doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of Washington. Is known for his strong record in forging public-private partnerships and advancing grid resilience and energy technologies. Lots of luck with President Donald Trump , who yesterday, in a one hour speech to the UN General Assembly, called climate change and green technology the greatest con job ever perpetuated...and a scam. Further: All of these predictions made by the United Nations and many others, often for bad reasons, were wrong. They were made by stupid people . Plus: “They said global warming will kill the world, but then it started getting cooler. So now they could just call it climate change, because t...
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