Promise Posts – Page 48

Barack Obama

Support airline service in small towns

Administration fulfills goals on rural access to air, train service | January 5, 2011

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Support high-speed rail

High-speed rail gets stimulus money | March 11, 2009

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Support funding and reform for Amtrak

On board with money and reforms | June 20, 2012

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Modernize air traffic system

Progress made on air traffic system, controllers’ morale | October 27, 2011

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Upgrade nation’s infrastructure through new partnership with state and local government

Funding amounted to a fraction of the need | August 2, 2012

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Modernize the nation’s electricity grid and use “smart grid” practices

Stimulus included a significant down payment on upgrading the nation’s grid | December 13, 2012

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Require states to provide incentives for utilities to reduce energy consumption

A decoupling mandate was included in the stimulus bill | December 30, 2009

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Seek safe disposal of nuclear waste

Blue-ribbon panel points the way, but little concrete action yet | November 21, 2012

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Require production of more biofuels

No new 60 billion-gallon requirement | August 10, 2012

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Mandate flexible fuel vehicles by 2012

Flex-fuel vehicles are nowhere near universal | February 8, 2012

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Provide tax credits for automakers to build fuel-efficient cars

Tax credits and loans exceed $4 billion promise | August 6, 2012

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Require more flex-fuel cars for the federal government

Federal government’s flex fuel vehicle purchases actually down since 2009 | February 7, 2012

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Require new federal fleet purchases to be half plug-in hybrids or electric vehicles

Nowhere near half | August 3, 2012

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Require plug-in fleet at the White House

Efforts continue, but one-year clock for creating all-plug-in White House fleet expired a year ago | January 12, 2011

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Create job training programs for clean technologies

Obama comes through on both parts of this promise | January 8, 2010

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Create a ‘Green Vet Initiative’ to promote environmental jobs for veterans

Two programs accomplish the goal | January 7, 2010

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Use revenue from cap and trade to support clean energy and environmental restoration

No cap-and-trade, no revenue | August 16, 2011

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Reduce energy consumption in federal buildings

Building promise gets an energy boost a little too late | November 14, 2016

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Require more energy-efficient appliances

Rules reforms made, funding secured | August 1, 2011

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Make buildings more energy efficient

Buildings are more efficient, but not as much as Obama promised | December 9, 2016

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Require utilities to reduce electricity demand

Energy efficiency rules help reduce, but don’t demand, electricity use | December 12, 2016

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Ask people and businesses to conserve electricity

Obama’s request is in the fine print | December 18, 2009

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Enact tax credit for consumers for plug-in hybrid cars

Stimulus includes tax credit for plug-in hybrids | March 23, 2009

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Invest in all types of alternative energy

Stimulus provides money for alternative energy research | February 20, 2009

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