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Executive Order 13514 further mandated that at least 15 percent of existing federal buildings and leases should meet the Guiding Principles for Federal Sustainable Buildings by 2015, [8] and that annual progress be made toward 100 percent conformance of all federal buildings, with a goal of 100% of all new federal buildings achieving zero-net ...
Following up on Obama's speech, the White House blog released a statement on how the administration plans to boost domestic energy production, diversify America's energy portfolio, and promote clean energy innovation with three tactics: Landmark car and truck fuel standards; Leading by example - Greening the federal fleet
President Barack Obama adapted further climate goals from the original New Energy for America plan into the Presidential Climate Action Plan. [14] The Climate Action Plan, last announced in June 2013, was a series of executive programs that included regulations to cut domestic carbon emissions, to prepare the U.S. for impending effects of ...
President Barack Obama challenged the nation during his 2011 State of the Union Address to cut energy costs so that by the year 2035 we will have 80 percent of America's electricity coming from ...
Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects February 6, 2009 February 11, 2009 February 6, 2009 74 FR 6985 E9-3113 [35] [36] 15 13503: Establishment of the White House Office of Urban Affairs February 19, 2009 February 24, 2009 February 19, 2009 74 FR 8139 E9-4068 [37] [38] 16 13504: Amending Executive Order 13390 February ...
• More than $1 trillion in revenue for federal, state, and local governments; • Lower energy prices for job creators and middle-class families; and • National security strengthened by freedom from dependence on foreign energy supplies. A successful national energy strategy will have a fundamental influence on the well-being of the nation.
Obama and Raul Castro reversed over 60 years of tension between the U.S. and Cuba by restoring diplomatic ties. 4. He urged states in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
The Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant outside Page, Arizona. The Clean Power Plan was an Obama administration policy aimed at combating climate change that was first proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in June 2014. [1]