Obama Administration FY 2012 Budget Proposal

This fact sheet by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute details the Obama administration's fiscal year (FY) 2012 budget proposal, focusing on investments in clean technology, energy efficiency, and transportation infrastructure to drive economic growth and climate protection.

• The FY 2012 budget request for the Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) programs is $3.2 billion, representing a 44 percent increase over FY 2010 appropriations. Significant increases were requested for Vehicle Technologies ($283 million), Building Technologies ($251 million), and Industrial Technologies ($225 million). Conversely, the budget for fossil energy decreased by $417 million, or 44 percent below FY 2010 levels, with cuts specifically targeting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Fossil Energy Research and Development.
• The administration proposed a $650 million request for the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) in FY 2012 to fund high-risk, high-payoff research and development for long-term energy challenges, following an initial FY 2009 funding of approximately $389 million.
• The FY 2012 budget for DOE Building Technologies Programs is requested at $470.7 million, a 115 percent increase over FY 2010. This includes $224 million for commercial buildings, featuring $100 million in competitive loan guarantees for the Better Buildings Initiative, which aims to improve commercial building energy efficiency by 20 percent by 2020.
• The Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed budget of $129 billion represents a 66 percent increase over FY 2010, including a $50 billion boost for maintenance and infrastructure. Key proposals include $22.4 billion for transit (an 85 percent increase), $4 billion for a new Rail Network Development Program for high-speed rail, and $30 billion over six years for a National Infrastructure Bank to leverage private capital.
• The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget request for FY 2012 is $8.9 billion, a 13 percent decrease from FY 2010. Despite the overall decrease, the EPA requested $30 million for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Permitting under the Clean Air Act and $10.1 million to help states implement carbon capture and sequestration.
• Other agency requests include $72.9 million for the Department of Interior's New Energy Frontier strategy to increase renewable energy capacity on Interior lands by 10,000 megawatts by the end of 2012, and $60 million for the Department of Labor's Green Jobs Innovation Fund to train workers in green technology.

APA

Environmental and Energy Study Institute (2011). Obama Administration FY 2012 Budget Proposal. https://www.eesi.org/files/fy12_budget_factsheet.pdf

Chicago

Environmental and Energy Study Institute. Obama Administration FY 2012 Budget Proposal. 2011. https://www.eesi.org/files/fy12_budget_factsheet.pdf.

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@techreport{environmentalandenergystudyinstitute2011obama, author = {{Environmental and Energy Study Institute}}, title = {{Obama Administration FY 2012 Budget Proposal}}, institution = {Environmental and Energy Study Institute}, year = {2011}, month = feb, url = {https://www.eesi.org/files/fy12_budget_factsheet.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }