US energy wars intensify as Obama lampoons Romney's anti-wind stance

James S Murray
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President Obama slams presidential challenger Mitt Romney over his suggestion that alternative energy is 'imaginary'

The election-year row over the direction of US energy policy ratcheted up a notch yesterday, as President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney set out competing visions for the future of America's...

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