Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: January 22, 2009
President Obama Calls for Greater Use of Renewable Energy Bureau of Land Management to Establish Renewable Energy Offices USDA Guarantees $80 Million Loan for Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Offshore Wind Moves Ahead in Massachusetts and Rhode Island Northeast Greenhouse Gas Allowance Auction Raises $106.5M 2008 Among 10 Warmest Years on Record President Obama Calls for Greater Use of Renewable Energy President Barack Obama’s inaugural address called for the expanded use of renewable energy to meet the twin challenges of energy security and climate change. Noting that "each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet," President Obama looked to the near future, saying that as a nation, the United States will "harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories." Those were the first references ever to our nation’s energy use, to renewable resources, and to climate change in an inauguration speech of a U.S. president. President Obama later circled back to the subject of climate change, proclaiming that "with old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to … roll back the specter of a warming planet." See the inaugural addresses of […]