Today President Obama presented his vision of a new, clean energy era for the U.S., fueled by widespread deployment of what he has called the nation’s cleanest, fastest and cheapest resource: energy efficiency.

Joined by environmental and efficiency leaders from across the country, including Alliance President Kateri Callahan and Director of Policy Lowell Ungar, President Obama announced a series of decisive first steps that fuse energy efficiency to pressing economic and environmental issues.

• Read the full Alliance press release.
• Watch the video of this event, courtesy of The New York Times.

Get ready for the second annual Energy Efficiency Global Forum & Exposition (EE Global). At the core of EE Global is its stellar roster of speakers whose clear voices and strong leadership are truly inspiring.

To introduce you to these EE Global’s ’Voices’, we’ve produced a podcast series of interviews with participants from almost every one of EE Global’s 24 Executive Dialogue sessions. Conducting these interviews are Alliance staff, who bring their expertise to these lively discussions.

We've updated our state-by-state winter energy facts sheets for the 2008 – 2009 winter heating season. Each fact sheet describes how much home heating bills are likely to rise or fall compared with last winter’s bills, based on fuel costs in each state. Depending on heating fuel use, some homes will face higher costs, while others may see a decrease in heating expense. The sheets also provide energy efficiency tips to help cut heating and other home energy bills. 

President Bush recently signed into law new consumer tax credits for energy efficiency home improvements, as well as purchases of plug-in hybrid vehicles. These provisions were included in H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, which the president signed on October 3, 2008. The homeowner tax credits are largely the same – but not identical – to those that expired at the end of 2007, and begin again on January 1, 2009.

For details on the consumer tax credits, check out our recently updated Energy-Efficiency Home and Vehicle Tax Credits web page.

Subscribe to any of the Alliance’s free news and information services, for the latest energy-efficiency news.