{"id":694,"date":"2009-02-25T10:19:27","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T15:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/02\/25\/obama-asks-congress-for-cap-on-carbon-pollution\/"},"modified":"2009-02-25T10:19:27","modified_gmt":"2009-02-25T15:19:27","slug":"obama-asks-congress-for-cap-on-carbon-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/02\/25\/obama-asks-congress-for-cap-on-carbon-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Asks Congress for Cap on Carbon Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The president said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy.<\/p>\n<p>So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/article.cfm?contentID=9112\" title=\"overview of how cap and trade systems work\">market-based cap on carbon pollution<\/a> and drives the production of more renewable energy in America.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president said: But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy. 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