Obama Calls for Action on Global Warming, More Solar Panels (Has he and the media forgotten about Solyndra?)... as Brutal Ice Storm Rips Across the Nation (It is 18 degrees in Washington, D.C. as Obama speaks):
It's not just oil and natural gas production that's booming; we're becoming a global leader in solar, too. Every four minutes, another American home or business goes solar; every panel pounded into place by a worker whose job can't be outsourced. Let's continue that progress with a smarter tax policy that stops giving$4 billion a year to fossil fuel industries that don't need it, so that we can invest more in fuels of the futurethat do.
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But we have to act with more urgency – because a changing climate is already harming western communities struggling with drought, and coastal cities dealing with floods. That's why I directed my administration to work with states, utilities, and others to set new standards on the amount of carbon pollution our power plants are allowed to dump into the air. The shift to a cleaner energy economy won't happen overnight, and it will require tough choices along the way. But the debate is settled. Climate change is a fact. And when our children's children look us in the eye and ask if we did all we could to leave them a safer, more stable world, with new sources of energy, I want us to be able to say yes, we did.
The RNC has quotes from prominent economists that have determined Obama's energy investments are "not the most efficient" way to jumpstart the economy.
UPDATE: Obama Says Climate Change Is a "Fact." Global Warming Is Religion to Liberals.
