President Barack Obama clearly laid out his energy agenda in Tuesday's State of the Union address, promising "responsible development" of domestic oil and natural gas even as he pledged to invest in renewable energy.

"We don't have to choose between our environment and our economy,..Some technologies don't pan out; some companies fail," the president said. "But I will not walk away from the promise of clean energy ... I will not cede the wind or solar or battery industry to China or Germany because we refuse to make the same commitment here."

Obama vowed to incentivize manufacturers to make energy upgrades. He announced that the Department of Defense will make one of the largest commitments to clean energy in history, with the Navy purchasing enough capacity to power a quarter of a million homes per year. The president also said his administration would enable enough clean-energy development on public lands to power three million homes.

On the fossil fuels front, Obama said his administration will open more than 75 percent of potential offshore oil and gas resources to development, "but with only 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, oil isn't enough."  Citing estimates that the United States has nearly a century's worth of untapped natural gas reserves, he said his administration "will take every possible action to safely develop this energy...without putting  the health and safety of our citizens at risk."  In line with that goal, Obama said he has ordered all companies drilling for natural gas on public lands to disclose the chemicals they use.

Obama made only passing mention of global warming during the speech, lamenting that "the differences in this chamber may be too deep right now to pass a comprehensive plan to fight climate change."  He also did not mention the contentious Keystone XL pipeline for tar sands oil from Canada - for which he garnered applause from the League of Conservation Voters.