Greening the economy is not a "nice to have"

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Conservative MP Laura Sandys argues that in a world of rising energy and resource costs low carbon growth is the only game in town

There are few terms in today's industrial dictionary that are so loose, so ill-defined, as the term "The Green Economy". Green jobs might have green outcomes, but not necessarily green functions. From...

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