A Closer Look: Energy

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“We are a nation that has seen promise amid peril and claimed opportunity from ordeal.  Now we must be that nation again.  That is why, even as it cuts back on programs we don’t need, the budget I submit will invest in the three areas that are absolutely critical to our economic future; Energy, Health Care, and Education.

It begins with Energy.”

– President Barack Obama – Domestic Priorities to a Joint Session of Congress (2/24/09)


Check out some of the Energy information on PolicyMap.  Click onto any map to explore your neighborhood.

See where houses use Gas to heat their homes across the nation.

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Or where houses that use Electricity to heat their homes.

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) provides maps of heating and cooling degree days, which are a unit of measurement used in energy monitoring. In the map, you can see areas that require higher heating degree days (RED) down to areas of less heating degree days (BROWN).

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Join us next week as we look at Health Care, Education, and the Working Families.