Topic: The White House
White House unveils program to measure home energy efficiency, other improvementsThe White House is unveiling a new "Home Energy Score" federal program that will allow people to determine how energy-efficient their home is.Vice President Joe Biden announced the program and several other ...
Under new federal proposal, medium- and heavy-duty trucks must get more miles to the gallonFor the first time, the government is proposing fuel-efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.In a few years those kinds of vehicles — school buses, delivery vans, garbage ...
The Obama Administration is apparently taking a pass on a major opportunity to lead Americans to confront climate change.. And Barack Obama's White House is doing virtually nothing, ScienceInsider has found. The Administration has made no announcements about turning off or dimming ...
The White House will never be named the most energy-efficient home in the country. Over the years, though, past administrations have made some efforts to improve the environmental performance of the White House. A 1993 report from the Rocky Mountain Institute noted ...
Energy efficiency has been called the low-hanging fruit for reducing carbon emissions, because it actually pays for itself. A company called OPOWER has what appears to be a successful strategy for dealing with this human element of energy efficiency. OPOWER first lets ...
Apparently there is no place like home, even when it comes to fulfilling lofty wishes like fixing our energy supply.. A recent White House task force on the middle class finds that our homes generate more than 20% of the nation's carbon ...
com] The Congressional Democratic leadership will soon bring to the floor a comprehensive set of policies to drive clean energy into the coming decades which face the risk of a presidential veto by including $21 billion in tax incentives paid for by ...
White House choice to oversee nation's forest programs withdraws from consideration for jobPresident Barack Obama's pick to oversee the nation's forests has withdrawn his nomination.Homer Lee Wilkes was nominated on May 5 as undersecretary of agriculture, a position that would have put ...
President Obama announced plans to establish more stringent national auto mileage standards on Tuesday, a move that will accelerate the arrival of energy-efficient technologies such as hybrid cars and diesel engines. Obama announced the agreement at the White House with members of ...
Is Cash-for-Clunkers the Answer to U.S. Auto Woes? - The Wall Street Journal A plan to give incentives to consumers who turn in gas guzzlers for new, fuel-efficient cars is getting serious consideration in the U.S. New GM Chief Foresees 'Deep' Restructuring ...
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President Obama sings Sweet Home Chicago!
Blues night at the White House, February 21, 2012. See ...2012-02-22 -
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President Obama at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner. View ...2011-05-01 -
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The President meets an 8th grader named Joey from Phoenix ...2012-02-07
