It has been trying to create environmentally friendly alternative energy sources to meet some of the country's enormous power needs and reduce heavy reliance on coal, and has encouraged investments in wind, solar, biomass and other renewables.

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The plan, which Obama announced Saturday, aims to put Americans to work updating the country's infrastructure, making public buildings more energy-efficient and implementing environmentally friendly technologies, including alternative energy sources.

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To protect our future we must turn to environmentally friendly sources of energy.

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Another key recommendation of the report was the development of environmentally-friendly sources of renewable energy such as wind farms.

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