President Obama spoke today at a Washington-area Home Depot, where he discussed the economic impact of energy efficiency in homes and buildings.Obama first discussed the role of the Recovery Act in creating “the single biggest investment in job creating clean energy in our history.” Clean energy, he said “can be a powerful engine for creating” growth. He also said that as a result of the stimulus, the U.S. is “on track to double renewable energy production, and double our capacity to manufacture clean energy components” by 2012.
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