G-7 energy meeting

G-7 energy meeting

BRUSSELS, Belgium - (from L) European Commission Director General for Energy Dominique Ristori, Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, French Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Minister Segolene Royal, Italian Economic Development Minister Federica Guidi, British Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Canadian Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford attend a Group of Seven energy ministers' meeting in Rome, Italy, on May 6, 2014.

G-7 energy meeting

G-7 energy meeting

ROME, Italy - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) converses with U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz during a meeting of energy ministers from the Group of Seven countries in Rome on May 6, 2014.

U.S. energy secretary in Tokyo

U.S. energy secretary in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz delivers a speech in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013.

U.S, Japan ministers in Vienna

U.S, Japan ministers in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria - Ichita Yamamoto (L), Japan's Cabinet minister in charge of science and technology policy, and U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz head to their talks in Vienna on Sept. 15, 2013. They were in the Austrian capital to take part in the annual general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

U.S. energy secretary

U.S. energy secretary

VIENNA, Austria - U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz (R) and Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shunichi Suzuki shake hands in Vienna, Austria, on July 1, 2013.

U.S. energy secretary

U.S. energy secretary

VIENNA, Austria - U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz speaks during an interview in Vienna, Austria, on June 30, 2013.

Solar-powered plane in U.S.

Solar-powered plane in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz (2nd from L) chats with Bertrand Piccard (L) and Andre Borschberg, the pilots of the Solar Impulse plane, in front of the solar-powered plane at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport in Virginia on June 17, 2013.

Oil supply-demand imbalance to be erased in 1 yr: U.S. energy chief

Oil supply-demand imbalance to be erased in 1 yr: U.S. energy chief

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on May 3, 2016. Moniz said he sees the supply-demand imbalance in the global oil market being "eliminated" in a year's time, as current low oil prices have slowed the capital investments that drive future production. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

G-7 ministers discuss boosting investment for stable energy supply

G-7 ministers discuss boosting investment for stable energy supply

U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz (L) and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Motoo Hayashi shake hands ahead of their talks in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on May 1, 2016, as energy ministers of the Group of Seven countries start a two-day meeting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. designates WWII nuke projects sites as nat'l park

U.S. designates WWII nuke projects sites as nat'l park

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell (L in front) shakes hands with Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz in Washington on Nov. 10, 2015, after signing a document to designate three sites related to the Manhattan Project, the nation's nuclear weapons program in the 1940s, as a national park. The three-site park is expected to open to the public in a few years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo