07 Sep '12, 8pm

Obama Re-pledges Renewables Commitment as E&Y Reports US Falling Behind

Obama emphasized some of the positive energy gains that have been made in the past four years. “We raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas. We’ve doubled our use of renewable energy, and thousands of Americans have jobs today building wind turbines and long-lasting batteries,” he explained. “In the last year alone, we cut oil imports by one million barrels a day…and today, the United States of America is less dependent on foreign oil than at any time in nearly two decades.” Touching on solar power and biofuels, Obama said his administration will offer “a future where we keep investing in wind and solar and clean coal; where farmers and scientists harness new biofuels to power our cars and trucks; where construction workers build homes and factories that waste less energy; where we develop a hun...

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