In
the
6
September
speech,
Obama
said
that
renewable
energy
use
during
his
administration
had
doubled,
and
that
thousands
of
Americans
have
jobs
building
wind
turbines
and
storage
batteries.
In
2011,
the
US
reduced
oil
imports
by
one
million
barrels
a
day
and
the
country
is
less
dependent
on
foreign
oil
than
at
any
time
in
nearly
two
decades,
he
told
delegates
at
the
Democratic
Party
national
convention
in
Charlotte,
North
Carolina.
He
told
delegates
and
a
nationwide
television
audience
that
after
“30
years
of
inaction",
his
administration
raised
fuel
standards
so
that…
