Dr. Ernest Moniz Receives Roosevelt Institute Award
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Posted July 2017
Emerson's Distinguished Fellow is honored for his years of service in the clean energy space.
On June 7, 2017, Emerson Collective Distinguished Fellow
Dr. Ernest Moniz received the Roosevelt Institution’s Franklin D.
Roosevelt Distinguished Public Service Award. The award honors
“individuals whose careers exemplify President Roosevelt’s extraordinary
dedication to public service and seek to inspire a renewed national
commitment to the principals for which FDR stood.”
As former U.S.
Secretary of Energy and one of the country’s leading nuclear
physicists, Dr. Moniz has pushed the United States toward a future
powered by renewable energy. His leadership continues to drive scale for
clean energy deployment and infuse innovation into our economy. This
work is crucially invigorating our economy, providing meaningful
opportunities to young people, and modernizing our communities, all
while contributing to the sustenance of our natural world.
When we announced
Dr. Moniz as a Distinguished Fellow in April, he told the entrepreneurs
and community members gathered there, “As we look at our deeply
decarbonized future, we’ve got to make sure there is a New Deal for our
workers and communities.”
We are honored to work alongside Dr. Moniz as he continues to spur the innovation that will better the future of America and our planet. You can watch Dr. Moniz's acceptance speech here.
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