Obama vows to make energy top priority for 2011

James S Murray
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President plans to revitalise stalled climate change agenda, saying clean energy policy will be delivered "in chunks"

After a chastening few months that have seen his efforts to pass a climate change bill defeated and his commitment to environmental protection questioned in the wake of the BP oil spill, Barack Obama has...

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