Robbing Peter . . .Diverting clean-energy funds undercuts Democrats’ environmental agenda. – The Washington Post

WHEN SENATE Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) pulled the climate
bill from consideration this summer, defenders of the Democratic majority
pointed out that President Obama and Congress already had approved big
investments in green energy, in the economic stimulus bill. One of the more
sensible

A Bet on Clean Energy in the Automotive State – The New York Times

HOLLAND, Mich. — In February 2009, President Obama signed the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which among other things provided
$2.4 billion to encourage development of a domestic industry to make lighter,
more energy-dense lithium-ion batteries to power electric vehicles. Two weeks ago,

Obama holds fast to clean energyReport focuses on industry’s potential to generate jobs – The Washington Post

President Obama is looking again to convince voters that the billions
of dollars he has pumped into embryonic clean-energy firms will build a better
economy even if they generate only a modest number of jobs before the middle of
the decade. The White House compares the effort to the government’s

Prez trumpets $2B in green energy projects – Boston Herald (Boston, Ma)

The government is handing out $2 billion for renewable energy
projects that will create thousands of jobs and clean power for homes,
President Obama announced yesterday amid mixed economic recovery news. The clean energy projects, including the construction of one of the world’s
largest solar

Loan Giants Opt to Block Energy Programs – The New York Times

Two government-chartered mortgage finance companies are unlikely to
accept loans on homes that are part of a special program that lets
homeowners repay the cost of energy improvements through a surcharge on their
property tax bills, according to Energy Department officials. The Obama

Jobs key to energy bill ; Sen. Brown believes shoring up local work, national security must be a priority. – Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Oh)

Boosting domestic renewable energy manufacturing is key to passing a
climate change and energy bill, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown said. Emerging from a bipartisan meeting with President Obama Tuesday, June 29,
Brown said, “everyone around the table gets that it has to be a jobs bill and a
national

The Electrifying Pace of Wind Power Development in China

While President Obama continues to exhort Congress and the American public to move ahead with legislation that will put the U.S. on a path to rapid and sustainable development of renewable energy, China is building a formidable renewable infrastructure. China’s wind industry is a case in point.

President Convenes Senators for Final Chance at Climate Bill This Year

Manchin touts security of coal resources – Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Greenberg, Pa)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In the face of a presidential call to break the
country’s dependence on fossil fuels such as coal, Gov. Joe Manchin III
defended his state’s premier export. President Obama, in his first Oval Office address Tuesday, called the BP oil
spill “the most painful and powerful

For Gulf, Biofuels Are Worse Than Oil Spill – Investor’s Business Daily

Environment: Our growing addiction to alternative energy was killing aquatic life in the Gulf long before the Deepwater Horizon spill. Abandoning oil will kill more and also release more carbon
dioxide into the air. President Obama sees the oil spill as a chance to make the planet a greener place