je.st
news
Tag: obama
Obama says US must shift cars, trucks off of oil
2013-03-15 20:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Envisioning cars that can go "coast to coast without using a drop of oil," President Barack Obama on Friday urged Congress to authorize spending $2 billion over the next decade to expand research into electric cars and biofuels to wean automobiles off gasoline. Obama, expanding on an initiative he addressed in his State of the Union speech last month, said the United States must shift its cars and trucks entirely off oil to avoid perpetual fluctuations in gas prices. Citing policies that already...
Obama pitches $2bn clean energy fund
2013-03-15 18:07:07| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
US President Barack Obama is set to call for diverting $2bn (1.3bn) in gas and oil royalties over a decade towards clean energy research.
Obama urges Congress to earmark $2bn for electric car research
2013-03-15 16:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama's grand vision of action on climate change shrank to $200m a year to fund research into clean fuel cars, with signs of retreat on the big environmental issues of the day. Friday's initiative hyped in advance by the White House marked the first move by Obama to make good on the stirring promises of climate action offered in his inaugural speech and state of the union address. But on the most immediate environmental decision in his in-tray -- the future of the controversial Keystone...
Tags: research
car
electric
congress
Obama wants research to wean vehicles off oil
2013-03-15 11:50:52| Air Courier - Topix.net
President Barack Obama is pushing Congress to authorize more federally funded research into clean energy technologies that can wean automobiles off oil.
Tags: research
oil
vehicles
obama
Obama wants research to wean vehicles off oil
2013-03-15 11:50:51| Air Courier - Topix.net
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is pushing Congress to authorize more federally funded research into clean energy technologies that can wean automobiles off oil.
Tags: research
oil
vehicles
obama
Sites : [298] [299] [300] [301] [302] [303] [304] [305] [306] [307] [308] [309] [310] [311] [312] [313] [314] [315] [316] [317] next »