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Obama’s misleading message on “clean” energy

“Coal, nuclear power, biofuels and natural gas are inherently dirty,” said Erich Pica, president of the Friends of the Earth. “Telling Americans anything else is misleading.”……

Obama touts “clean” energy, skips climate change  Baltimore Sun, January 26, 2011 ,  President Obama heartened environmentalists when he set a new national goal last night of Americans getting 80 percent of their electricity from “clean energy” by 2035, but he then dismayed some by including nuclear power and coal in his definition of what’s clean. 

And interestingly, Obama didn’t even mention climate change as a reason to wean the country from its addiction to fossil fuels. Instead, government incentives to develop clean energy will yield “green” jobs and help America regain its technological edge in the world economy, he argued………

“Coal, nuclear power, biofuels and natural gas are inherently dirty,” said Erich Pica, president of the Friends of the Earth. “Telling Americans anything else is misleading.”……

Unmentioned again, though, is the move by his Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases as a way of combatting climate change – a move Republicans and some Democrats in Congress vow to block.

B’More Green: Obama touts “clean” energy, skips climate change – Going Green: Environment, energy, living green, conservation and more in Baltimore, the Chesapeake Bay and beyond – baltimoresun.com

January 27, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general