Obama orders US government to triple renewable energy use

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Latest phase of White House's Climate Action Plan aims to accelerate investment in renewable energy technologies

Barack Obama has ordered the US federal government to almost treble its use of renewable energy within seven years, as part of the latest phase of his administration's Climate Action Plan. The President...

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