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Obama hails state of innovation; President praises Mass., MIT during green energy speech
Erin Allworth, October 24, 2009 (Boston Globe)

"President Obama blasted critics of his administration’s environmental policies and praised Massachusetts officials for advancing technologies that will yield big benefits for the environment…"

From unenergy via YouTube

"According to the White House, Obama’s speech was designed to be a challenge to Americans to lead the global economy in green energy…A number of clean energy advocates say the United States lacks a national policy to guarantee long-term financial incentives for companies to build renewable power. The Senate is attempting to pass such legislation before a December meeting of 190 countries in Copenhagen to hash out a treaty to lower emissions from power plants, vehicles, and factories.

"Obama’s speech was received with enthusiasm by the crowd… The president also was in town to campaign for Governor Deval Patrick…Citing the forthcoming groundbreaking for the new Wind Technology Testing Center in Boston, which received $25 million in federal stimulus money, Obama said…the benefits of the project would extend beyond the jobs created here, [lead to more efficient and effective turbines and help build an estimated $2+ trillion market through 2030]…"

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"Clean energy has been a longstanding priority for Patrick, and many Massachusetts academic institutions and businesses are pursuing clean energy technologies, including MIT…[After] Patrick signed on to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative…[he] signed five pieces of environmental legislation…[and now] the state is on track to have roughly 30 megawatts of wind generating capacity, or enough to power nearly 7,900 homes, and 40 megawatts of solar generating capacity, enough to power from 6,000 to 8,000 homes…"