LAS VEGAS – President Barack Obama is pushing back against critics of his energy policies in a speech in Las Vegas.
The president used his speech at a green energy conference to make the case that renewable energy innovations are creating jobs, boosting the economy and helping to combat dangerous emissions that contribute to climate change.
The president said that after decades of being told that renewable energy doesn’t make economic sense, in his words, “today that’s no longer true.”
The president questioned the consistency of fossil fuel advocates who champion free-market solutions, except when the free market is finally pointing to the wisdom of solar power.
Obama criticized massive lobbying interests backed by the billionaire Koch brothers and others that are trying to “protect old ways of doing business.”
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