Once and for all, President Obama does not set gas prices, so stop blaming him every time they rise, GOP (of course, when they fall, he gets no credit). But a president can certainly do everything he or she can to get this country weaned off of a finite source of dirty energy like oil or coal.

The Hill:

President Obama is fast-tracking seven federal wind and solar projects as the administration touts its energy policies amid GOP criticism over green investments and rising gas prices.

The projects in Arizona, California, Nevada and Wyoming will produce 5,000 megawatts of power, enough to run 1.5 million homes, the White House said in a statement announcing the decision. [...]

On Monday, Interior and the Department of Defense inked a deal to integrate wind, solar and other green energy technologies with military bases to keep power running during disruptions to the commercial electric grid.

See how clean energy ties into national security? And breathing? And keeping us alive?

In addition to correcting the GOP for blaming the president for rising gas prices, I take pleasure in reporting the debunking of yet another Republican lie, Solyndra:

Republicans have also charged that Obama’s support for green energy often rewards prominent political donors. 

An extensive House GOP report into the administration’s loan guarantee for now-bankrupt firm Solyndra released last week, however, did not find specific evidence to back Republican claims that the Energy Department provided help to the solar panel maker as payback for campaign contributions.

Of course, the Republican message machine has already done its damage whether or not the record had been corrected, and that’s just the way they want it.