Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Ernest Moniz, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist who President Obama nominated to run the Energy Department, worked as a consultant for oil-and-gas giant BP between 2005 and 2012, records show. The work for BP is among the numerous affiliations that Moniz lists in federal ethics and financial disclosure filings. The BP affiliation, which has been previously reported, could fuel skepticism about Moniz among some environmentalists. Some green groups have already taken aim at Moniz over energy industry funding for the MIT Energy Initiative that he directs, and his bullish views on natural gas drilling. |