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Proc 8730ProclamationObama · DCeremonial

Proclamation 8730

National Energy Action Month, 2011

President Obama proclaimed October 2011 as National Energy Action Month, calling on Americans to make cleaner energy choices. The proclamation recaps prior administration clean energy investments and policies but issues no new mandates, funding, or regulatory requirements.

Federal Register Open PDF 76 FR 63529

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of October 2011 as National Energy Action Month

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • No binding obligations created; purely hortatory language ('I call upon') with no enforcement mechanism
  • Recitation of past policy achievements rather than new action
Proclamation 8730: National Energy Action Month, 2011 · Executive Orders