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Clean Energy Touted As Good For Planet And Jobs

by Scott Horsley, NPR
October 28, 2009

Officials from the Obama administration are out in force this week making the case for clean energy as a way to create jobs and help the planet. The push comes as the Senate begins to consider an energy bill that would crack down on carbon pollution from traditional fossil fuels. It also comes just weeks before a global climate conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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  • Morning Edition, October 28, 2009
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