Clean Air Strategy: The green economy reacts

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The UK government has published its latest plan to cut air pollution, focusing on wood burning stoves, farming and car tyres - BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction

Environment Secretary Michael Gove today unveiled yet another plan to try and tackle the UK's chronic air pollution problem, this time focusing policies on a range of sources beyond car exhausts, such...

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