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Obama inks $4bn energy efficiency drive with blue chips

02 December 2011 •

GE, Nissan and Citi among 60 organisations signed up to Better Building programme

More than 60 organisations, including GE, 3M and Citi, have signed up to a $4bn (£2.6bn) energy efficiency programme launched today by US president Barack Obama and former president Bill Clinton. Obama...

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