Conservative thinktanks step up attacks against Obama's clean energy strategy

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Confidential memo seen by Guardian calls for climate change sceptics to turn American public against solar and wind power

A network of ultra-conservative groups is ramping up an offensive on multiple fronts to turn the American public against wind farms and Barack Obama's energy agenda. A number of rightwing organisations,...

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