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A new report on how the federal government can help create a "self-sustaining home energy efficiency retrofit industry" [6] New efficiency standards for home appliances, [7] A new National Fuel Efficiency Policy that will apply to cars from model years 2012-2016 and will ultimately require cars to have an average fuel efficiency of 35.5 mpg by ...
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 ...
New Energy for America was a plan led by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden beginning in 2008 to invest in renewable energy sources, reduce reliance on foreign oil, address global warming issues, and create jobs for Americans.
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 ...
With a winter chill in the air, President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced his much-discussed plan to spend billions helping people make their homes more energy efficient. Dubbed "Cash for ...
In his State of the Union speech before Congress last night, President Obama sought to reassure recession-weary Americans that the economy is on the right track, by naming proposals aimed at ...
House – $4.3 billion to provide an expanded credit to homeowners who make their homes more energy-efficient in 2009 and 2010. Homeowners could recoup 30 percent of the cost up to $1,500 of numerous projects, such as installing energy-efficient windows, doors, furnaces and air conditioners. Senate – Same. Conference – Same. Unemployment
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 ...