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Michael Richards of Treehugger<\/em> reports on how the Department of Energy will invest over $200M in solar and water power technology<\/a> over five years.\u00a0 Richard notes that \u201cit’s a welcome investment since the foundation of any sustainable civilization is clean energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wonk Room<\/em> reminds us \u201cwhat clean energy reform really means<\/a>\u201d and how it \u201cwill change the status quo, putting America to work building a stronger, fairer green economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his speech at Siemens Wind Turbine plant in Iowa, President Obama reaffirmed his strong support<\/a> of climate and energy legislation. The President said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that we can come together around this issue and pass comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will ignite new industries, spark new jobs in towns just like Fort Madison, make America more energy independent.\u00a0 Our security, our economy, and the future of our planet all depend on it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Richards of Treehugger reports on how the Department of Energy will invest over $200M in solar and water power technology over five years.\u00a0 Richard notes that \u201cit’s a welcome investment since the foundation of any sustainable civilization is clean energy.\u201d The Wonk Room reminds us \u201cwhat clean energy reform really means\u201d and how it …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,20],"tags":[],"coauthors":[108135],"class_list":["post-1877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-change-legislation","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nYesterday's blog highlights \u2013\u00a0April 28, 2010 - Climate 411<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2010\/04\/28\/yesterdays-blog-highlights-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yesterday's blog highlights \u2013\u00a0April 28, 2010 - 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