Sen. Martin Heinrich urged Pres. Joe Biden to advance the development and widespread adoption of clean energy and energy-efficient electric technologies to reduce demand for Russia's fossil fuels and save money for consumers.
This week, the United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in Paris. At the same time, tech billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates -- along with a handful of other incredibly wealthy executives like Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, George Soros and Alibaba's Jack Ma -- have announced their own plan to boost the private sector's development of clean energy technologies.
President Barack Obama delivered a speech at a Wal-Mart in Mountain View, California, on Friday where he unveiled 300 measures that would expand the use of clean-energy sources that would create jobs and reduce dependence on foreign oil.