Obama Budget Would Increase U.S. Clean-Energy Spending (Scientific American)
Obama's budget plan for fiscal 2014, which begins October 1, would boost clean-tech spending by 40 percent over current levels, marking one of the largest increases in a blueprint that otherwise would cut spending in a wide range of other programs, from environmental protection to retirement benefits.
The budget provides $615 million to increase the use and decrease the costs of clean power from solar, wind, geothermal, and water energy.
In an effort to make renewable energy as affordable as conventional energy sources, the administration would spend 29 percent more than it currently does to integrate those types of energy into the national electric grid.
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