January 9, 2013

What the 2nd Term Means For Green Energy

Ryan Galloway, Forbes


Ethan K.

When Barack Obama was elected to the presidency in 2008, many assumed he had a mandate to pursue various alternative energy solutions against which previous administrations had hedged. Four years and a re-election later, the Obama administration’s aims remain very much the same, and its clean energy mandate is every bit as ambitious.

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