May 28, 2010
President calls oil crisis a ‘wake up’ for renewable fuels
Published in Feedstuffs
President Obama called the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico a "wake up call" for action on renewable energy.
During his first press conference in 10 months, the President called on the Senate to advance action on its energy bill to increase U.S. renewable energy production. "It is time to accelerate efforts," he said this morning.
Obama, who is under pressure for what critics call the Administration's failure to manage BP's oil spill, has emphasized this week that new renewable sources of energy must be developed because full reliance on fossil fuels is no longer "sustainable." Obama called the BP Gulf spill...
