Congress: Murkowski offers general support for clean energy research

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is voicing general support for the Department of Energy's (DOE) clean energy research agenda, offering one indication that DOE's “Mission Innovation” bid to significantly boost research funding may enjoy more support in the Senate than in the House. “When it comes to innovation, I know that you and I are on the same page,” Murkowski told DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz during a March 3 Senate energy committee hearing on DOE's...