Barack Obama
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Former President Barack Obama made a promise on the campaign trail in 2012. Let's see if he keeps it—if even for his museum.
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Flurry of green-car rules as Obama administration departs
Obama administration officials are working to expedite new automotive regulations.
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White House designates 48 electric-car charging corridors on U.S. highways
The White House today announced a range of actions intended to stimulate and speed up the deployment of zero-emission electric vehicles in the U.S. It took these actions, it said, as part of its efforts to "combat climate change, increase access to clean-energy technologies, and reduce our...
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Obama Proposes $10 Per Barrel Tax On Oil To Fund U.S. Transportation Needs
You have to give the man credit for vision. U.S. president Barack Obama will propose a tax of $10 per barrel on oil in the 2017 budget he will submit to Congress next week. According to the White House, its goal is to create "a clear incentive for private-sector innovation to reduce our reliance on...
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Obama Visits Detroit Auto Show, Checks Out Chevy Bolt EV Electric Car
Only three U.S. presidents in history have visited the Detroit Auto Show in its century-plus of existence: Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1960, Bill Clinton in 1999, and now Barack Obama, yesterday. At various points during the day, the president lauded the ongoing recoveries of the city of Detroit itself...
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Fossil Fuel Use Must Plummet By 2050, End By 2100: G7 Meeting
The leaders of the world's largest economies hope to gradually eliminate fossil fuels.
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The proposed 2016 budget includes some measures meant to boost electric-car adoption.
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Energy Secretary Confirms: U.S. Will Fall Short Of Obama Goal Of 1 Million Electric Cars By 2015
The U.S. will not meet an electric-car adoption goal set by President Obama in 2011.
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Obama: Buy A Fuel-Efficient Car, Gas Won't Stay Cheap Forever
President Barack Obama encourages Americans to buy more-efficient cars despite low gas prices.
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U.S. And China Agree To Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Presidents Say
For the first time ever, China has agreed to limit its greenhouse-gas emissions, under a deal announced this morning between Chinese president Xi Jinping and U.S. president Barack Obama. In exchange, the U.S. set a goal of cutting its own carbon emissions more deeply by 2025, building on a...
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Feds Should Boost Electric-Car Incentives: Harry Reid, Nevada Senator
Today, most plug-in electric car buyers qualify for a Federal income-tax credit of $2,500 to $7,500--but Senator Harry Reid thinks those incentives should be expanded. He proposes to overcome one challenge with that incentive: Buyers must wait up to 15 months to realize the benefit, which they...
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White House Responds To Tesla Direct-Sales Petition: Sorry, Talk To Congress
Fully a year ago, a Tesla supporter started a petition on WhiteHouse.gov asking president Barack Obama to let Tesla Motors sell its electric cars directly to consumers in all 50 states. While it got the necessary 100,000 signatures, it has taken the White House a year to respond--and its answer is...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce new regulations to cut the carbon emissions of more than 600 existing coal-fired electric power plants. And many analysts suggest that this regulation--which will likely spark a major political battle--will be the most important environmental legacy of the Obama Administration. The regulation would propose cutting carbon emissions from coal plants 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, sources tell The Washington Post and The New York Times. If the regulation survives, it could close hundreds of coal plants across the...
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Keystone Pipeline Fight: Insignificant 'Sideshow' To EPA Power-Plant Limits?
In the ongoing battles over renewable versus hydrocarbon energy--and the associated public policies, advocacy, and media coverage--the Keystone XL Pipeline has emerged as a flashpoint. Now a long analysis in The New York Times, along with associated commentary elsewhere, argues that Keystone's...
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Obama Promotes Natural-Gas Fueling Stations In State Of The Union Address
Once again, President Barack Obama used the State of the Union Address on Tuesday night to raise the issue of natural gas vehicles as a way of promoting energy independence and cutting the impact of climate change. In his talk, Obama urged the U.S. Congress to support the construction of...
Antony Ingram -
G-20 Summit Agrees To End Oil Subsidies, Phase Out CFCs
At the 2013 G-20 Summit in St. Petersburg, world leaders agreed to begin the process of ending oil subsidies, and to phase out HFCs.
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Want To Ask Obama About Electric Cars? Don't Tell The Press
Paul Scott may be one of the most dedicated electric-car advocates around. He sells Nissan Leafs for a living, and helped found advocacy group Plug-In America. A few weeks ago, he had a brilliant idea. Scott used a significant chunk of his life savings for a ticket to a pricey Barack Obama...
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Obama Administration To Add 10,000 Hybrids To Government Fleet
President Barack Obama may not achieve his goal of 1 million plug-in electric cars on U.S. roads by the end of 2015. But his administration continues to try to green the U.S. vehicle fleet. The latest salvo: The government's General Services Agency plans to add an additional 10,000 hybrid vehicles...
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President Barack Obama has said he wants to boost the Department of Energy's vehicle research budget 75 percent to help develop more efficient cars. In his 2014 budget proposal to Congress on Wednesday, Obama proposes $575 million extra for research, and a further $2 billion trust fund to help research into getting off foreign oil in the next ten years. According to The Detroit News, it's partly aimed at boosting the slow uptake of electric vehicles, and the budget speech included a call to hike the Federal income tax credit for electric vehicles to $10,000. Back in 2008, Obama called for 1...
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Obama: Use Oil & Gas Lease Dollars To Fund Gasoline-Free Cars
The sequester is now with us, and Congress has lower approval ratings than South American death squads, but President Obama is doggedly pursuing his green agenda nonetheless. Today, he will announce a plan to divert $2 billion of Federal oil and gas lease revenues over the next decade from general...
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Romney Slams Tesla, Fisker Again In Final Presidential Debate
The CEOs of Tesla and Fisker may have thought they were home free--but it was not to be. Both startup electric-car companies were named at the very end of last night's third and final presidential debate. Republican candidate Mitt Romney didn't repeat his charge that Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] and...
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Vice-Presidential Debate: Tesla Escapes, Fisker Only Nodded To
There's probably relief in Palo Alto this morning, as Tesla Motors executives quietly give thanks that their company was not named in last night's vice-presidential debate. The startup electric-car company in Silicon Valley was explicitly cited in last week's presidential debate by candidate Mitt...
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Tesla: 'Loser' Along With Ener1, Solyndra, And Fisker, Romney Says
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has weighed in with his verdict on startup electric-car maker Tesla Motors: It's a "loser." So, for that matter, is another startup that's still in business, Fisker Automotive. The two car companies were lumped in with a pair of bankrupt businesses...
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U.S. Military To Order 1500 Electric Cars, Chevy Volts Included
It’s a well-known fact that President Obama is a fan of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid. In fact, Obama has pledged to buy his own Chevrolet Volt when he leaves office, whenever that takes place. As Commander in Chief however, Obama will be pleased to see that the U.S. military isn’t...
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