This week, the Department issued a Request for Information from the public to help inform its work on developing a National Energy Rating Program for existing homes.

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Clinton envisioned a national effort toward a new energy policy similar in scale to the Apollo program of the 1960s, which sent manned missions to the moon.

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He got in touch with the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration, which since 1994 has run a program to keep some of the estimated 60, 000 Soviet-era weapons scientists from working for terrorists or rogue nations.

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The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Export Initiative, a coordinated effort to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency exports, is the most recent program launched as part of this national export effort.

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Given the decades-long absence of a national clean energy strategy in the United States, the fact that foreign companies are benefiting most from the stimulus grant program should come as no surprise.

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"I share your frustration that there isn't a national infrastructure for the proper recycling of this product, " says Wendy Reed, who manages EPA's Energy Star program.

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We welcome the President's commitment to a major program for promotion of renewable energy, and I drew his attention to India's own ambitious national action plan on climate change, which has eight national missions covering both mitigation and adaptation.

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