Will "chuggers" save the planet?

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Do small donations to green charities really make a difference? It's a case of yes and no, argues Lawrence Gosling

I obviously look like a man who wants to save the planet. On the way from the tube station to the office to write this column I was stopped FOUR times by chuggers – the charity 'muggers' – who try and...

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