[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 127, 113th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
PROCLAMATION 9032--SEPT. 30, 2013

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



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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.
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.
BARACK OBAMA