Obama to push for climate funding in congress

Feb 11, 2016 In his weekly broadcast, US president Barrack Obama recently said that his budget proposal for Congress would push for more funding in clean energy research and development by 2020.

“As I said in my State of the Union address, rather than subsidize the past, we should invest in the future. That’s why the budget I will send to Congress this Tuesday will double funding for clean energy research and development by 2020. This will include new investments to help the private sector create more jobs faster, lower the cost of clean energy faster, and help clean, renewable power outcompete dirty fuels in every state”