President Obama is expected to make climate change one of the centrepieces of his final State of the Union Obama is set to make climate change a key part of his final State of the Union address today , outlining how the recent environmental policy moves will benefit the US economy over the next few years . Although specific details of Obama 's speech are not clear , it is expected that he will build on his repeated claims that action to cut emissions , represents an opportunity for US businesses , entrepreneurs and innovators . The President 's claims will be supported by new research from Berkeley Lab and National Renewable Energy Laboratory ( NREL ) , which looked at the economic impact of renewable power standard ( RPS ) policies in 2013 . The Lab claims that $ 2.2bn in benefits came from reduced greenhouse gas emissions and $ 5.2bn came from reductions in other air pollution as a result of RPS policies . Additionally , the research concludes that up to 200,000 renewable energy - related jobs have been created , savings for consumers have been up to $ 1.2bn from reduced wholesale electricity prices , and between $ 1.3bn to $ 2 has been saved through reduced natural gas prices .
Obama is set to make climate change a key part of his final State of the Union address today , outlining how the recent environmental policy moves will benefit the US economy over the next few years . Although specific details of Obama 's speech are not clear , it is expected that he will build on his repeated claims that action to cut emissions , represents an opportunity for US businesses , entrepreneurs and innovators . The President 's claims will be supported by new research from Berkeley Lab and National Renewable Energy Laboratory ( NREL ) , which looked at the economic impact of renewable power standard ( RPS ) policies in 2013 . The Lab claims that $ 2.2bn in benefits came from reduced greenhouse gas emissions and $ 5.2bn came from reductions in other air pollution as a result of RPS policies . Additionally , the research concludes that up to 200,000 renewable energy - related jobs have been created , savings for consumers have been up to $ 1.2bn from reduced wholesale electricity prices , and between $ 1.3bn to $ 2 has been saved through reduced natural gas prices .