Bernie is entitled to his Pick for Energy Sec.

Which he has.
He (along with Kerry, and the fact that Kerry and Moniz have worked so constructively and synergistically together) is a key reason why we have an Iran deal.

He is following a bad strategy that serves corporate interests more than it seeks to solve the carbon problem.

We need a Moon Shot program to build out a new renewable energy infrastructure in less than 10 years. Moniz pushes the "all of the above" energy strategy that is designed to preserve the completely unnecessary coal and nuclear industries.

The Moon Shot approach would give us a more reliable, ultra low carbon energy system for about the same out of pocket that people pay now, and it would provide a tremendous number of good paying, permanent, domestic jobs. (Renewables have no fuel costs but they are much more labor intensive with costs roughly balancing out).

No, Bernie gets his own energy secretary.

We just disagree about Moniz' contributions.

Whatever you think about his "all of the above" strategy (and I do think that you don't give him nearly enough credit for progress on the renewable energy front), Moniz does deserve serious props for his role in the Iran deal, where his scientific competence and diplomatic skills (really! Knowing that his Iranian counterpart went to MIT and was also about to become a grandparent, he thought to acquire for his Iranian colleague a onesie with an MIT logo. .) were key to the deal's success. Moniz and Kerry went out of their way to treat their negotiating partners like actual human beings, and it paid off. Plus they both went out of their way to give credit to each other, and to their teams. These are good people who made something good happen, against very steep odds. And I, for one, am grateful to both of them.

...hardly a reason to lionize him. My priority is climate change. The primary mission of the DOE since before it was the DOE is the management of our nuclear weapons R&D and maintenance. They've expanded into civilian energy issues but the focus is still on nuclear matters. Important to be sure but right now the threat of climate change has to take priority.

One reason I'm behind Sanders is that I'm sure he also views climate change as the number 1 threat to us all. I also see his revolutionary view of how to threaten Congress is the strategy most likely to move us forward. Obama had the right desire, but he wasn't able to go toe to toe with the Congressional Republicans. I think Bernie can.