Obama: America’s Carbon Emissions Are Dropping as the Economy Is Growing

Weekly Address: Taking Control of America’s Energy Future (White House)

WASHINGTON, DC—In his weekly address, President Obama discussed progress in American energy and highlighted that we are now producing more oil at home than we buy from other countries for the first time in nearly two decades.  We reached this milestone in part not only because we’re producing more energy, but because we’re wasting less energy, and as a result, we are also reducing our carbon emissions while growing the economy.