[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 40 (Monday, October 9, 1995)]
[Page 1764]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 6830--Energy Awareness Month, 1995

October 4, 1995

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    Although we tend to focus on energy issues only in times of crisis, 
Americans should not underestimate the daily impact of a clean, safe, 
affordable energy supply on maintaining our standard of living, 
protecting the environment, and ensuring our national defense. In the 
past 3 decades alone, disruptions in global oil markets and dramatic 
price shocks have caused international strife and economic recession. 
Energy choices affect air and water pollution; nuclear, toxic, and other 
waste disposal present potential hazards; and energy use can influence 
our precious wilderness and natural ecosystems.
    As we observe Energy Awareness Month, 1995, this year's theme, 
``Energy Fuels Our Future,'' is a powerful reminder of the need to build 
a strong foundation of sustainable energy policies that will benefit the 
generations to come. We can be proud of the United States' efforts 
toward this end. In every critical sector of society--commercial and 
residential development, transportation, industry, utility management, 
and government--we have improved efficiency and reduced the 
environmental impact of energy production and consumption.
    Our challenge today is to continue this work, and my Administration 
remains committed to the responsible use of existing resources and the 
progress of innovative technology. We have many objectives--enhancing 
the competitiveness of our Nation's oil producers, expanding the role of 
domestically produced natural gas, encouraging the development of 
renewable energy resources, minimizing the environmental impact of coal 
use, and supervising the safe contribution of nuclear energy. As we seek 
to strengthen our economy and ease the burden of energy use on the 
global environment, let us work together toward these vital goals.
    Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United 
States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the 
Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 
1995 as ``Energy Awareness Month.'' I call upon government officials, 
educators, and all the people of the United States to observe this month 
with appropriate activities recognizing the central importance of energy 
use in our lives and to the future of our world.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of 
October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-five, and 
of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 
twentieth.
                                            William J. Clinton

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2:32 p.m., October 4, 
1995]

Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on October 
6.