# Obama shows support for clean energy and other top stories

*Published:* 2010-06-03
*Author:* Rebecca Rasch

On *E2*, President Obama shows his [commitment to passing comprehensive climate and energy legislation](http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/101035-obama-on-climate-bill-votes-i-intend-to-find-them-in-the-coming-months) this year. In a speech at Carnegie Mellow University on Wednesday, Obama said

> “the votes may not be there right now, but I intend to find them in the coming months. I will make the case for a clean energy future wherever I can, and I will work with anyone from either party to get this done.”

*Green* has [encouraging news on renewable energy development](http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/a-sanguine-view-of-wind-power-out-west/) out west. It turns out that

> “the power grid for five western states – Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming – could operate on as much as 30 percent wind and 5 percent solar without the construction of extensive new infrastructure.”