Obama announces new goal to deliver 1GW of solar to low-income households

James Murray
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Clean Energy Savings for All Initiative promises to accelerate rollout of solar power and efficiency upgrades in low-income communities, while training people for solar jobs

All the attention may be on the Republican Convention in Cleveland, but this week the Obama administration quietly continued with its increasingly ambitious efforts to slash emissions across the US energy...

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