Secretary Moniz Announces Dr. Phil Sharp as 2015 Recipient of Schlesinger Medal for Energy Security

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Date

Dec. 21, 2015

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Media Highlight

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Department of Energy

"WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of Energy Dr. Ernest Moniz today announced Dr. Phil Sharp as the second recipient of the James R. Schlesinger Medal for Energy Security. Dr. Sharp is president of Resources for the Future and a former U.S. Congressman from Indiana. Dr. Sharp will receive the medal at a ceremony at the Department of Energy headquarters in Washington on January 20, 2016."

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Electric Power

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