OBAMA 2 LST (EMBARGOED)

Referring to the BrightSource project, Obama said: "With
projects like this one, and others across this country, we are
staking our claim to continued leadership in the new global
economy. And we're putting Americans to work producing clean,
home-grown American energy that will help lower our reliance
on foreign oil and protect our planet for future generations."
Now there are some in Washington who want to shut them
down, he said.
"In fact, in the pledge they recently released, the
Republican leadership is promising to scrap all the incentives
for clean energy projects, including those currently underway
– even with all the jobs and potential that they hold," Obama
said.
"This doesn't make sense for our economy. It doesn't make
sense for Americans who are looking for jobs. And it doesn't
make sense for our future. To go backwards and scrap these
plans means handing the competitive edge to China and other
nations. It means that we'll grow even more dependent on
foreign oil."
"And, at a time of economic hardship, it means forgoing
jobs we desperately need. In fact, shutting down just this one
project would cost about a thousand jobs," Obama said. PTI