Energy Policy Of The Obama Administration

The Energy policy of the Obama Administration stated on the website of US President Barack Obama lists the guiding principles of the regarding Energy and the environment. They are creating new clean Energy jobs and technologies, making America more energy independent, and reducing carbon emissions.

On April 13, 2010, in honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, the White House website summarized the initiatives that the Administration is taking or has undertaken. They include

A 3.4 billion Smart Grid Investment Grant which would affect 49 states and has the potential to reduce Electricity use by over 4 by 2030, The launch of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project under the Department of Energy and in collaboration with the Department of Defense, modeled after the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, A new report on how the federal government can help create a "self-sustaining home Energy Efficiency retrofit industry" New efficiency standards for home appliances, A new National Fuel efficiency Policy that will apply to cars from model years 2012-2016 and will ultimately require cars to have an average fuel efficiency of 35.5 mpg by 2016, Three different measure to increase the production of biofuels a renewable fuels standard, biomass crop assistance program, and a biofuels working group. The President has also created an interagency task force to help create a federal strategy for carbon capture and storage, and A new Environmental Protection Agency ruling requiring the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions by major emitters in the United States.

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