Business, states sees green in Obama energy plan -- chicagotribune.com

Obama plan spurs race to weatherize homes
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In addition, the White House believes the program will significantly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and help combat climate change.

Critics question the job projections and warn some money could be siphoned off by scam artists or bureaucrats. They worry that there aren't enough specific accountability measures attached to the money, or specific targets as to how the money will be spent. And they remember the late 1970s, when Jimmy Carter launched an efficiency drive that sputtered once he left office.

In The Obama Administration, Two Incompatible Faces On Climate Change « The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE

...As an example to support the above, take the President’s speech at Costa Mesa Town Hall Meeting, last March 18. The one and only mention of climate change is in an undescript part of the full text, and just as a corollary to the Energy problem...