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Obama pushes climate change in White House meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, weighing in on the Senate’s efforts to pass a climate change bill, gathered Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday to try to jumpstart an overhaul of U.S. energy policy.
Obama to push climate change in White House meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will corral on Tuesday key Republican and Democratic senators whose support is critical for passing a climate change law, seeking to jump-start stalled efforts to overhaul energy policy.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DELIVERS REMARKS ON CLEAN ENERGY JOBS – Political Transcript Wire
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DELIVERS REMARKS ON CLEAN ENERGY JOBS,
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, AS RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE MARCH 5, 2010 SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA OBAMA: Good morning, everybody. It is great to be here at OPOWER. And
just looking around, this looks like a fun place to
Sen. Rockefeller seeks EPA carbon rule delay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A fight over U.S. President Barack Obama’s climate change initiatives intensified on Thursday when an influential Democratic senator sought a two-year pause on regulations to reduce carbon dioxide pollution from coal-fired power plants and other smokestacks.
Politics distorts U.S. nuclear issue – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Last week, President Barack Obama announced $8.3 billion in
federal loan guarantees to help Southern Co. build two nuclear
reactors near Augusta. Once constructed, those reactors would become
the first nuclear plants built in this country in almost three
decades. Obama’s support for nuclear power
Should taxpayers subsidize loan guarantees for nuclear power? – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Yes Loans will spur reliable clean energy and thousands of new jobs. By Nolan E. Hertel Is all the hoopla over solar and wind energy finally ending? One
can only hope, now that President Barack Obama has come out strongly
in support of nuclear power, with loan guarantees to build two
State of the Clean-Tech Union: Troubled Waters Ahead?
“The nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy.” — President Barack Obama, State of the Union address, Jan. 27, 2010.
Oklahoma natural gas proponents take exception to Obama’s budget – Journal Record (Oklahoma City, Ok)
Based on President Barack Obama’s latest energy priorities, Oklahoma
natural gas proponents are still having trouble gaining admission to the clean-
energy club. While the administration’s 2011 budget calls for $28.4 billion in incentives
to develop clean and secure energy in the U.S., it would
OBAMA WANTS PEDAL OFF GAS – Sunday Star-Times (Wellington, New Zealand)
Saying he wants to lead by example on global warming, President
Barack Obama has directed the federal government to reduce its emissions of
heat-trapping gases by 28% in the next decade – a goal that exceeds targets for
the US as a whole. As the single largest energy consumer in the US economy,
US Government Budget Proposals Increase Clean Energy Funding
President Barack Obama unveiled on February 1 a $28.4 billion budget request for DOE for fiscal year (FY) 2011, including $2.36 billion for the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). The proposed budget aims to reduce unnecessary energy use, boost renewable energy sources, and strengthen clean energy research as the United States moves toward a clean energy economy.
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