https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/01/11/climate-change-costly-serious-climate-policy-bargain

As the President wrote this week in the journal Science, the last eight years demonstrate that carbon emissions can decline while the economy is growing. This is in contrast to centuries old reality that increased economic output entailed increased ( Read more... )

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/01/10/email-vice-president-biden-chicago-one-last-time

Vice President Joe Biden sent the following message to the White House email list.

Over the past eight years, I’ve been proud to stand by President Obama's side through every step of this journey.

And tonight, I'll be proud to stand by him one last ( Read more... )

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/01/09/review-why-president-obama-reformed-wall-street-and-what-reform-has-accomplished

This financial crisis was not inevitable. It happened when Wall Street wrongly presumed markets would continuously rise, and traded in complex financial products without fully evaluating their risks. Here in Washington ( Read more... )

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/01/09/new-study-helps-map-out-road-ahead-us-electricity-system

On Friday, January 6, the Obama Administration released the second installment of the interagency Quadrennial Energy Review (QER 1.2), “Transforming the Nation’s Electricity System”. The new report focuses on the Nation’s electricity system, from ( Read more... )

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/01/09/tune-tomorrow-night-chicago

This morning, First Lady Michelle Obama sent the following message to the White House email list, asking Americans to tune in to President Obama's Farewell Address tomorrow at 9:00pm ET/ 8:00pm CT.

Chicago is where I grew up. It’s where I met my husband. It’s where we ( Read more... )

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/01/07/weekly-address-president-obamas-farewell-address-nation

In this week’s address, President Obama discussed his upcoming farewell address to the nation. In 1796, as George Washington set the precedent for a peaceful, democratic transfer of power, he also set a precedent by penning a farewell address to the ( Read more... )

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/01/06/american-life-and-without-affordable-care-act



This is just one story of the millions of Americans whose lives have been changed by the Affordable Care Act. This kind of change has been a long time in the making.

After nearly 100 years of talk, and decades of trying, President Obama finally made ( Read more... )

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/01/06/eight-years-labor-market-progress-and-employment-situation-december

Employment grew at a solid rate of 156,000 jobs in December as the longest streak of total job growth by far on record continued. Average hourly earnings for private employees increased 2.9 percent in 2016, the fastest twelve-month pace ( Read more... )

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/01/06/we-need-be-their-greatest-advocates

Watch First Lady Michelle Obama speak at the Reach Higher & Counselor of the Year Event at 11pm ET.



"What do school counselors do?"

Many people ask me that question -- and there are a variety of responses depending on whom you ask. I prefer to reframe the ( Read more... )