Obama Calls for Doubling Renewable Energy Production for Green Jobs (w/Video)
Washington, D.C. USA - In President-Elect Barack Obama’s weekly radio addresses today -- the first of 2009 -- he called for the U.S. to double renewable energy production as part of a plan to add 3 million new jobs.
In the address, Obama also restated his earlier promise to add new jobs by making public buildings more energy efficient.
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