Clean energy businesses are continuing to boom in states like Colorado despite the tough economic climate due in part to federal stimulus money that the industry says has helped add jobs and spur interest in renewable energy development. But subsidies for clean energy continue to lag behind other traditional energy sources like coal and gas.
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President Obama wants to change that. KUNC's Kirk Siegler tells Erin O'Toole this is the buzz at the annual meeting of the Colorado Solar Energy Industry Association this week.