{"id":6643,"date":"2011-03-30T11:46:59","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T18:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=6643"},"modified":"2011-03-30T11:46:59","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T18:46:59","slug":"obama-makes-federal-clean-energy-commitments-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/obama-makes-federal-clean-energy-commitments-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Makes Federal Clean Energy Commitments (Again)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With US gas prices returning to the previous shock levels–Summer of 2008–President Obama responded to the pressure with a speech today<\/a> at Georgetown University, just a few miles west of the White House. The Energy Department reports that prices at the pump are up 15% for the year since February 7, which is undoubtedly causing some frictions in a rebuilding economy.<\/p>\n

Some of us in the clean energy camp are resigned to the premise that a rising threshold of gasoline prices may be an unfortunate, yet mandatory condition for robust energy policy reform. And while the president will have to get reelected to even consider bringing an energy\/climate bill back to Congress, today’s speech provides a glimpse of how such a bill could be written.<\/p>\n

Here are the salient energy reform commitments the President made today:<\/p>\n