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"Obama Skips Clean Energy to Avoid a Political Battle on Jobs" [1]

"President Obama gave Congress a jobs package that was boiled down to practical provisions -- and clean energy didn't make the cut. ...

He didn't mention the word "energy" once. The bipartisan topic of energy efficiency was also absent in the speech."

Evan Lehmann and Saqib Rahim report for ClimateWire September 9, 2011. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"In Jobs Speech, a Test for the President on Clean Energy" (ClimateWire) [3]

"Huntsman Warns That GOP Can't Win the White House by Denying Climate Science" (ClimateWire) [4]

"Beseiged DOE Weatherization Program Faces Republican Attacks" (ClimateWire) [5]

Environmental Politics [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Public [8]
Source: ClimateWire [2], 09/12/2011
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