Washington state’s Sen. Maria Cantwell to head key Senate subcommittee on energy

Washington State’s junior senator, Maria Cantwell, has been appointed to chair the key Senate subcommittee of energy, and said that she believes the subcommittee can and will play a greater role in the development of climate change legislation as well as enable the development of clean energy technologies. Cantwell chief of staff Maura O’Neill has been rumored as a candidate fro the key Energy Department post of Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

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