A Time for Action
President Obama's first Oval Office address was highly anticipated, as there is mounting criticism of the Administration's management of the BP oil spill. Supporters of climate and clean energy legislation eagerly gathered around their televisions in hopes that the President would provide the much needed road map detailing how this tragedy should transform American thinking on energy policy going forward.
However, many were left disappointed as the President did not answer some key questions nor did he set forth specific expectations for the Senate's summer session. There was considerable rhetoric about the country's oil addiction and the need for compelling and immediate clean energy legislation, but President Obama offered few specifics, although he seemed to provide some support for combining elements of several bills. However, the President, did not go so far as to mention a price on carbon, raising the tax on gasoline, or placing a cap on greenhouse gas emissions.
Continue Reading...A Plea for America's Green Energy Future from Top Industry Leaders
I have to hand it to star-studded leadership of The American Energy Innovation Council. They have true grit for issuing their report this morning right in the teeth of a strong economic wind with oil gushing into the Gulf and a balky and indecisive Congress poised for energy inaction. The Council's report, A Business Plan for America’s Energy Future, is an optimistic, energetic call to renew the national transition to clean, affordable, and secure supplies of energy.
