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AWEA STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA OVAL OFFICE
SPEECH ON THE GULF SPILL AND US CLEAN ENERGY
FUTURE

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today issued the following statement from AWEA CEO Denise Bode in response to President Obama comments on Gulf Spill and US clean energy future:

“All Americans’ hearts go out to the victims of the Gulf tragedy. Their suffering sadly represents our continued addiction to oil. That addiction also provides a teaching opportunity to make a choice and to begin the transition to renewable energy and create an industrial hi-tech economy.

The President set the right tone in his speech tonight, and now it is up to Congress to enact policies that will add millions of American jobs and utilize our own domestic sources of clean, renewable, and efficient energy.

This is the best future path for our children. Let’s unleash America’s entrepreneurial spirit.”

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