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Funds allocated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) are heading to renewable energy and efficiency programs in seven states and territories. DOE Secretary Steven Chu announced the disbursement of $119 million to state-run programs in Alabama, American Samoa, Washington DC, Illinois, Maryland, North Dakota and Wyoming.

Sec. of Energy Steven Chu

In announcing the awards, Secretary Chu stressed the importance of local control in how the federal energy dollars are spent.

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Speaking at the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas on Monday, former President Bill Clinton challenged Americans to change how the energy/climate debate has been framed by extremists on the right.

The debate so far has been dominated by a need to prove that:

1) Global warming is real.
2) Global warming is caused by human activity.
3) Global warming is bad.
4) Measures to stop global warming won’t destroy our economy and way of life.

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