America's First Green President
Renewables for America (1/7)
The President-elect has promised to invest 150 billion dollars over the next 10 years in clean energy projects, creating five million new jobs in the process. He wants 10 percent of electricity consumed in the United States to come from renewable sources by 2012 and 25 percent by 2025.(Photo: Reuters)
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Renewables for America (1/7)
The President-elect has promised to invest 150 billion dollars over the next 10 years in clean energy projects, creating five million new jobs in the process. He wants 10 percent of electricity consumed in the United States to come from renewable sources by 2012 and 25 percent by 2025.(Photo: Reuters)
America's First Green President
Carbon Cap-and-Trade (2/7)
Obama has proposed to reduce U.S. emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and by 80 percent by 2050. The key to these cuts will be a cap-and-trade plan that would cap how much power plants and factories could pollute and make them buy carbon credits for their emissions. The billions of dollars raised by auctioning the credits would help fund Obama's plans for renewables. (Photo: Reuters)
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Carbon Cap-and-Trade (2/7)
Obama has proposed to reduce U.S. emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and by 80 percent by 2050. The key to these cuts will be a cap-and-trade plan that would cap how much power plants and factories could pollute and make them buy carbon credits for their emissions. The billions of dollars raised by auctioning the credits would help fund Obama's plans for renewables. (Photo: Reuters)
America's First Green President
A New Global Climate Treaty (3/7)
The United States has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol, but Obama has promised to reverse America's previous policy and "help lead the world toward a new era of global co-operation on climate change". His first test will be to negotiate a successor to the Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012 and must be replaced by the end of 2009. (Photo: Reuters)
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A New Global Climate Treaty (3/7)
The United States has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol, but Obama has promised to reverse America's previous policy and "help lead the world toward a new era of global co-operation on climate change". His first test will be to negotiate a successor to the Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012 and must be replaced by the end of 2009. (Photo: Reuters)
America's First Green President
Fuel Efficient Cars (4/7)
Obama wants the U.S. auto industry to retool its factories so it can improve vehicle fuel efficiency by four percent every year. Federal aid for the industry will be linked to these improvements. He also sees plug–in hybrids and electric cars as ways to reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Obama wants one million hybrids on American roads by 2012. (Photo: Reuters)
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Fuel Efficient Cars (4/7)
Obama wants the U.S. auto industry to retool its factories so it can improve vehicle fuel efficiency by four percent every year. Federal aid for the industry will be linked to these improvements. He also sees plug–in hybrids and electric cars as ways to reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Obama wants one million hybrids on American roads by 2012. (Photo: Reuters)
America's First Green President
Focus on Biofuels (5/7)
Barack Obama's proposed National Low Carbon Fuel Standard would cut carbon emissions from vehicle fuels by 10 percent by 2020 and require all new cars to have flex-fuel capacity so they can run on a mixture of gasoline and biofuels. He aims to use 36 billion gallons of biofuels in the U.S. each year by 2022 and wants to have 60 billion gallons of second-generation biofuels on stream by 2030. (Photo: Reuters)
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Focus on Biofuels (5/7)
Barack Obama's proposed National Low Carbon Fuel Standard would cut carbon emissions from vehicle fuels by 10 percent by 2020 and require all new cars to have flex-fuel capacity so they can run on a mixture of gasoline and biofuels. He aims to use 36 billion gallons of biofuels in the U.S. each year by 2022 and wants to have 60 billion gallons of second-generation biofuels on stream by 2030. (Photo: Reuters)
America's First Green President
Green Building (6/7)
Obama promises to make one million homes energy-efficient every year by funding improvements in insulation, windows, and home heating. He is aiming to reduce the projected electricity use in the U.S. by 15 percent by 2020. All new buildings in the U.S. will have to be carbon neutral from 2030. (Photo: Reuters)
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Green Building (6/7)
Obama promises to make one million homes energy-efficient every year by funding improvements in insulation, windows, and home heating. He is aiming to reduce the projected electricity use in the U.S. by 15 percent by 2020. All new buildings in the U.S. will have to be carbon neutral from 2030. (Photo: Reuters)
America's First Green President
Drill at Home (7/7)
Barack Obama wants to reduce U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil and so he is willing to increase drilling for oil and natural gas in parts of the United States. He plans to lift restrictions on drilling offshore, although he says that he will use royalties from fossil fuel production to fund renewable energy projects. (Photo: Reuters)
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Drill at Home (7/7)
Barack Obama wants to reduce U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil and so he is willing to increase drilling for oil and natural gas in parts of the United States. He plans to lift restrictions on drilling offshore, although he says that he will use royalties from fossil fuel production to fund renewable energy projects. (Photo: Reuters)
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