Energy Awareness Month, 1995

Proclamation 6830 of October 4, 1995

Energy Awareness Month, 1995

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Although we tend to focus on energy issues only in
times of crisis, Americans should not underestimate the
daily impact of a clean, safe, affordable energy supply
on maintaining our standard of living, protecting the
environment, and ensuring our national defense. In the
past 3 decades alone, disruptions in global oil markets
and dramatic price shocks have caused international
strife and economic recession. Energy choices affect
air and water pollution; nuclear, toxic, and other
waste disposal present potential hazards; and energy
use can influence our precious wilderness and natural
ecosystems.

As we observe Energy Awareness Month, 1995, this year's
theme, ``Energy Fuels Our Future,'' is a powerful
reminder of the need to build a strong foundation of
sustainable energy policies that will benefit the
generations to come. We can be proud of the United
States' efforts toward this end. In every critical
sector of society--commercial and residential
development, transportation, industry, utility
management, and government--we have improved efficiency
and reduced the environmental impact of energy
production and consumption.

Our challenge today is to continue this work, and my
Administration remains committed to the responsible use
of existing resources and the progress of innovative
technology. We have many objectives--enhancing the
competitiveness of our Nation's oil producers,
expanding the role of domestically produced natural
gas, encouraging the development of renewable energy
resources, minimizing the environmental impact of coal
use, and supervising the safe contribution of nuclear
energy. As we seek to strengthen our economy and ease
the burden of energy use on the global environment, let
us work together toward these vital goals.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United
States, do hereby proclaim October 1995 as ``Energy
Awareness Month.'' I call upon government officials,
educators, and all the people of the United States to
observe this month with appropriate activities
recognizing the central importance of energy use in our
lives and to the future of our world.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and ninety-five, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and twentieth.