Obama Visits Nevada, Ground Zero for the Solar Boom, and Talks Clean Energy and Climate Change

In Las Vegas on Monday, President Obama spoke about clean energy initiatives at the eighth annual National Clean Energy Summit.  Isaac Brekken / Getty Images

washingtonpost.com - by Chris Mooney - August 24, 2015

LAS VEGAS — President Obama came here Monday to throw his weight behind the booming solar energy industry in its recent political struggles, and to announce a bevy of initiatives to promote clean-energy growth in America’s homes and on its rooftops. It was the first stop in a climate and energy-focused tour that will also take the president to New Orleans and Arctic Alaska this month.

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