Paint the world white to fight climate change, says Obama's energy guru

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Reflecting sunlight on buildings and cars among dozens of ideas considered by Steven Chu and the US energy department

People should paint their roofs white and drive "cool" cars on pale-coloured roads to avoid devastating climate change, US energy secretary and Nobel prize-winning physicist Steven Chu has advised Prince...

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