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Obama Promotes Clean Energy Economy

   VOA News 03 July 2010
   President Obama prepares to record his weekly address for 03 Jul 2010

Photo: White House - C. Kennedy

   President Obama prepares to record his weekly address for 03 Jul 2010

   U.S. President Barack Obama says he is speeding up the U.S. transition
   to a clean energy economy.
   In  his weekly address Saturday, President Obama said the move is part
   of  efforts  to  make  sure the jobs and industries of the future take
   root in the United States.
   He  said the Department of Energy is awarding $2 billion in funds from
   the  economic  recovery  act  to two solar companies.  One of them is
   building  one  of  the  largest solar plants in the world in Arizona.Â
   Mr.  Obama says that plant will be able to store energy even at night.
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   The  president  says  the  projects  will create thousands of jobs and
   generate enough clean energy for tens of thousands of homes.
   He  also  said  after  22  uninterrupted  months of job loss, the U.S.
   economy  has  created  jobs  in the private sector for six months in a
   row.
   But  the  U.S.  Labor  Department announced Friday the total number of
   people  asking for unemployment assistance rose to 472,000 in the last
   week of June.
   In  the  Republican  weekly address, U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss from
   the  southern state of Georgia criticized Democrats for what he called
   out-of-control  spending.  He said the U.S. debt of $13 trillion is a
   national security issue.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP.

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