National Energy Action Month, 2011

Vol. 76

Wednesday,

No. 197

October 12, 2011

Part VII

The President

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Proclamation 8730--National Energy Action Month, 2011

Proclamation 8731--German-American Day, 2011

Executive Order 13586--Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate
Disputes Between Certain Railroads Represented by the National
Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference
and Their Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 8730 of October 6, 2011

National Energy Action Month, 2011

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Throughout our history, America's energy resources have
laid the foundation for our Nation's economic security
and prosperity, powering our factories, lighting our
classrooms, and warming our homes. Today, we stand at a
critical juncture. As global demand for energy grows,
the United States must take bold action to create a
more secure energy future and build a competitive 21st-
century clean energy economy.

Over the past two and a half years, my Administration
has taken unprecedented action to ensure America leads
in the development and deployment of clean energy. To
that end, we have made the largest investments in clean
energy in our Nation's history, which are giving rise
to cutting-edge technologies, creating new American
jobs and industries, and putting us on track to
doubling renewable energy capacity in the United States
by the end of next year. At the same time, we have
expanded safe and responsible development of our
domestic energy resources.

To help save consumers money at the pump and on their
energy bills, my Administration has set historic new
fuel economy standards for cars and trucks and taken
steps to increase the efficiency of our homes and
buildings. We have established common-sense and cost-
effective standards to reduce harmful pollution,
protecting our environment and the public health. And
we are leading by example, requiring the Federal
Government to increase energy efficiency, reduce waste,
and use its scale and resources to advance a clean
energy economy.

Taken together, these steps are helping unlock American
innovation, create hundreds of thousands of jobs, and
increase our Nation's competitiveness in the global
economy. But these steps must mark the beginning of our
efforts, not the end. Today, the stakes are high and
the global competition to lead in clean energy is more
intense than ever before. The United States cannot
afford to fall behind on what will be one of the keys
to our success in the future.

Across our Nation, millions of Americans are already
doing their part. Farmers are pushing the envelope to
develop advanced and renewable fuels, young people are
taking action to make their schools and communities
more sustainable, and our best scientists, engineers,
and entrepreneurs are working together to move new
ideas and technologies from the lab to the marketplace.
If America can do what it does best--tap into the
talents, skills, and creativity of our people to meet
the challenges of our time--we will not just lead the
clean energy economy, we will lead the 21st-century
global economy.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim October 2011 as
National Energy Action Month. I call upon the citizens
of the United States to recognize this month by making
cleaner energy choices that will help build a stronger
Nation, a more robust economy, and a healthier
environment for our children.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord two
thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirty-sixth.