Obama to tout climate legacy as study highlights $7.4bn economic boost from US renewables surge

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New study details how US renewable portfolio standard policies are delivering billions of dollars in environmental and economic benefits

President Obama is expected to make climate change one of the centrepieces of his final State of the Union addresses later today, as he looks to sketch out how recent environmental policy moves will benefit...

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