March 10th, 2010
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The 14 senators agreed action was needed to promote U.S. energy independence, create jobs in clean energy and cut pollution, said lawmakers who attended the meeting with President Barack Obama.
“If this group continues to work together, we can get something done,” [...]
February 4th, 2010
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That gap shows the challenge Obama faces as he works to create “green” jobs. Asia makes more than half the worlds wind and solar energy equipment, and is gaining ground as U.S. factories lose out to cheaper labor and higher demand for clean energy. China for the first time topped the U.S. in wind-turbine manufacturing [...]
February 3rd, 2010
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Obama planned to announce on Wednesday new steps to increase the role of biofuels in powering the nation and to release a report detailing how Washington could increase investments in green technologies, an administration official said. The president was also expected to discuss so-called clean coal technologies, said the official, who spoke ahead of the [...]
February 2nd, 2010
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Obama wants to impose a fee on 50 of the biggest financial companies, costing $90 billion to firms such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America. His budget also proposes ending tax breaks for oil companies led by Exxon, the largest U.S. company, and taxing overseas profits for companies such as Microsoft, the [...]
January 29th, 2010
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“Heres the thing: Even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy efficiency and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future,” Obama told Congress in last nights State of the Union address. “The nation that leads the clean-energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy, and America [...]
January 29th, 2010
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The additional loan guarantees in Obamas budget, which will be released on Feb. 1, are part of an effort to bolster nuclear-power production after Obama called for doing so in his State of the Union address Jan. 27. Today, the Energy Department plans to announce creation of a panel to find a solution to storing [...]
December 15th, 2009
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The president planned to visit a Home Depot store in Northern Virginia on Tuesday to make the case that outfitting houses to be more energy-efficient will create jobs and save families money on their energy bills. Its the fourth time in less than two weeks that the president will preside over a high-profile jobs event, [...]
December 15th, 2009
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In an Associated Press-Stanford University poll, 40 percent said U.S. action to slow global warming in the future would create jobs. Slightly more, 46 percent, said it would boost the economy.
By contrast, less than a third said curbing climate change would hurt the economy and result in fewer jobs, a message Republican members of Congress [...]
December 15th, 2009
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Biden, in a memo on administration efforts to shift to a clean-energy economy, said projects in the $787 billion economic stimulus package are contributing to “unprecedented growth” in renewable energy, such as wind and solar, and improving manufacturing for new clean-energy technology.
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December 15th, 2009
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Envoys from 192 countries discussing a climate-protection accord in the Danish capital released a draft on Dec. 11 that shows they cant agree on how to police a new accord. The document contains no subsidies to help developing nations cut carbon-dioxide emissions and adapt to climate change.
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