Sir David King calls on business leaders to embrace 'drivers for change'

James S Murray
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Former chief scientist urges businesses to challenge impression that low carbon transition is a 'hair shirts and sandals programme'

As David Cameron was yesterday dodging a question at the annual CBI conference on how his attack on "green levies" was compatible with his desire to drive investment in clean energy, Sir David King was...

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