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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
The plan led by the Obama Administration aimed to implement short-term solutions to provide immediate relief from pain at the pump, [2] and mid- to- long-term solutions to provide a New Energy for America plan. [2] The goals of the clean energy plan hoped to: invest in renewable technologies that will boost domestic manufacturing and increase ...
Furthering the goals of Executive Order 13514, President Obama issued four additional Presidential Memoranda to increase building efficiency and create jobs by requiring agencies to complete $2 billion in Energy Savings Performance Contracts, to purchase biobased and renewable products, to purchase green fleet vehicles and to launch an EV pilot ...
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 ...
After President Obama delivered his latest blueprint on climate change yesterday, utilities responded with their own two cents. The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), an association of shareholder ...
Obama called his plan "a moral obligation" and made reference to the encyclical Laudato si' by Pope Francis. [39] The policy has been described as "[Obama's] most ambitious climate policy to date." [21] In response to Obama's 2015 announcement, hundreds of businesses voiced support for the plan, including eBay, Nestlé, and General Mills. [40]
director of the office of energy policy at the U.S. Treasury Department and founder of PKVerleger LLC, a consulting firm in Carbondale, Colorado. ‘This abundance of energy gives us an opportunity to rebuild our economy.’” (Asjylyn Loder, “America’s Energy Seen Adding 3.6 Million Jobs Along With 3% GDP,” Bloomberg, 8/13/12)
Last week, President Obama outlined a new energy policy that aims to reduce America's dependence on imported oil by using more of the nation's abundant reserves of natural gas, encouraging more ...