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Barack Obama

Construction of a new pipeline
Unions with a substantially larger membership base are supporting the president's environmental caution, despite partisan outcry.
WASHINGTON—A barrage of industry-led advertising and lobbying urging President Obama to "put jobs...
Feb 7, 2012 | Read More
The Blythe Solar Power Project under construction in Riverside County, Calif
Advocates trumpet the nation's first solar plan on public lands and urge quick action. Election-year debate over jobs spills into U.S.-China solar spat.
Pressure has begun to build for President Obama to make good on his State of the Union pledge to...
Feb 3, 2012 | Read More
Construction of the Alta Wind Energy Center in the Mojave Desert, in Calif
In interviews with InsideClimate News, clean energy supporters and analysts share their views on the merits of the president's main clean energy policies.
After decades of subsidizing fossil fuels, it's clean energy's turn to get bountiful federal...
Jan 27, 2012 | Read More
President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union, Jan. 24, 2012.
The president used his State of the Union address to set three energy goals. The challenge, though, will be navigating a bitterly divided Congress.
WASHINGTON—President Obama talked for one hour, four minutes and 15 seconds Tuesday night when he...
Jan 26, 2012 | Read More
President Barack Obama
No signs of "Solyndra fatigue" on the campaign front, while Obama's jobs council weighs in on a critical wind subsidy.
How much political capital can Republican candidates and their aligned groups continue to squeeze...
Jan 20, 2012 | Read More
President Barack Obama
Obama supports the tax deal reached in Congress, but the Keystone XL clause means the pipeline likely will not be built, an administration official said.
President Barack Obama supports a compromise payroll tax deal reached in Congress on Friday but...
Dec 17, 2011 | Read More
Nebraska landowner Randy Thompson speaks out against the Keystone XL pipeline in
"We feel like we're being totally undermined," said rancher and farmer Randy Thompson. "He might be in for a rude awakening in 2012."
WASHINGTON—Nebraskans suspected that somebody on Capitol Hill would try to force the Obama...
Dec 12, 2011 | Read More
Solar house construction
Under GOP attack for his Keystone XL delay, Obama goes with his base—and the clean economy. Cap and trade loses favor, and solar fights for a key subsidy.
Unions and oil companies painted President Obama as a jobs destroyer for his decision to delay the...
Dec 2, 2011 | Read More
On Sept. 8, Pres. Obama outlined his $447 billion jobs plan
Vaguely written legislation keeps local governments from putting federal funds to use and creating green jobs.
An energy conservation subsidy that was enacted during the Bush administration is sitting largely...
Dec 1, 2011 | Read More
An estimated 10,000 anti-Keystone XL protestors marched at the White House on No
The agency says the agreement will not change the timeline for its analysis of alternative pipeline routes, which would likely conclude in 2013.
LINCOLN, Neb.—Nebraska and TransCanada Corp. agreed on Monday to find a new route for the stalled...
Nov 15, 2011 | Read More