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April 04, 2013

Wind skeptic British minister replaced
London (UPI) Apr 3, 2013
British Prime Minister David Cameron has replaced wind power skeptic John Hayes as energy minister after warnings over a coalition split on new green targets. Cameron last week moved Hayes, a staunch Conservative Party skeptic of wind power's costs, into his Privy Council as a minister without portfolio, while replacing him with fellow Tory Michael Fallon. Hayes had long clashed with Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat Secretary of the Department of Energy and Climate Change, over the directi ... read more

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