National Energy Action Month, 2013, 61813-61814 [2013-24386]

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• Executive Office of the President

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2013)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 61813-61814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24386]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 193 / Friday, October 4, 2013 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Proclamation 9032 of September 30, 2013

                
 National Energy Action Month, 2013

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                To meet the challenges of the 21st century, we must 
                work to ensure a clean, safe, and sustainable energy 
                future. This National Energy Action Month, we can build 
                on the progress we have made by recommitting to 
                increasing our energy security, strengthening our 
                economy, combatting climate change, and improving the 
                environment.

                As a Nation, we are taking control of our energy 
                future, and my Administration remains committed to our 
                long-term energy security. Today, we produce more oil 
                than we have in 15 years and import less oil than we 
                have in 20 years. Since I took office, we have more 
                than doubled the amount of renewable electricity we 
                generate from wind and quintupled the amount we 
                generate from solar energy. We are building our first 
                new nuclear power plants in decades, and we produce 
                more natural gas than any other country. And we have 
                done this while creating hundreds of thousands of good 
                jobs and sending less carbon pollution into the 
                environment than we have in nearly two decades.

                While we have made significant progress, more work 
                remains. The continuing cycle of spiking gasoline 
                prices hurts American families and our businesses' 
                bottom lines, and it reflects our economy's outsized 
                demand for oil. To transition to a secure energy 
                future, we must increase our production of clean 
                energy, minimize waste and maximize efficiency, further 
                reduce our oil imports, eliminate inefficient fossil 
                fuel subsidies, and continue to develop more energy 
                sources here at home. Because meeting global energy 
                challenges requires international action, we must also 
                engage with partners around the world to reduce carbon 
                pollution, and we must build global markets for new 
                advanced technologies. If we take these actions, we can 
                curb climate change, save money for consumers, and use 
                our resources to create good American jobs.

                A clean energy economy has the potential to fuel 
                economic growth for decades to come. But we must invest 
                in the technologies of the future and fund breakthrough 
                research to make these technologies better and cheaper. 
                With the American spirit of innovation powering our 
                progress, our Nation can lead the world in creating 
                green jobs and technologies that are vital to both a 
                clean energy future and the fight against climate 
                change.

                Years from now, our children may wonder if we did all 
                we could to leave a safe, clean, and stable world for 
                them to inherit. If we keep our eyes on the long arc of 
                our future and commit to doing what this moment 
                demands, the answer will be yes.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim October 2013 as 
                National Energy Action Month. I call upon the citizens 
                of the United States to recognize this month by working 
                together to achieve greater energy security, a more 
                robust economy, and a healthier environment for our 
                children.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth day of September, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
                eighth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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