Energy and emissions top Obama's green tasklist

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jan/19/obama-environment

Energy and emissions top Obama's green tasklist

What can be reasonably expected of the man who was the strongest environmental contender for the White House in US history?

Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
guardian.co.uk, Monday 19 January 2009 10.44 GMT

Barack Obama is raising http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jan/13/climate-change-united-states-eu">expectations of swift action on the environment - possibly within his first few days in the White House.

At one of two green balls for this year's inauguration, environmentalists were already describing Obama as America's first green president.

Obama, since his election, has repeatedly indicated he wants to push ahead on his campaign promise to create jobs by investing in http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/renewableenergy">renewable energy.

He used his last appearance before the start of celebrations for his inauguration on Tuesday to talk up his clean energy plans at an Ohio factory that makes components for wind turbines.

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