Stimulus bill includes renewable energy provisions

Biomass Magazine February 2009
By Erin Voegele
Web exclusive posted Feb. 20, 2009, at 11:10 a.m. CST

U.S. President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law on Feb. 17.

“Today does not mark the end of our troubles,” President Obama said during the signing ceremony on Denver. “Nor does it constitute all of what we must do to turn our economy around. But it does mark the beginning of the end – the beginning of what we need to do to create jobs for Americans scrambling in the wake of layoffs, to provide relief for families worried they won’t be able to pay next month’s bill and to set our economy on a firmer foundation, paving the way for long-term growth and prosperity.”

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