Green groups launch blistering attack on US debt deal

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NGOs and green businesses fear deep cuts in US government's clean tech and environmental spending

The US Congress may have staved off an economic crisis by cobbling together an 11th hour deal to raise the debt ceiling, but green groups have warned that the deep budget cuts agreed as part of the compromise...

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