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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a Statement of Building and Construction Trades Department President Mark H. Ayers: America's Building Trades Unions are pleased that President-Elect Barack Obama has chosen Steven Chu to serve as the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy. Energy will be a critical aspect of the president-elect's commitment to create 2.5 million jobs by 2011...and to create several million more jobs in the long-term as our nation...

IOP -- The way termite guts process food could teach scientists how to produce pollution-free energy and help solve the world's imminent energy crisis. Speaking at the Institute of Physics conference Physics 2005 in Warwick today, Nobel laureate Steven Chu urged scientists to turn their attention to finding an environmentally friendly form of fuel. In an impassioned plea to some of the world's brightest minds, he explained how he's leading by example, and encouraged others to join the effort...