BusinessGreen's best of 2019

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We trawl through the archive to pick out some of our favourite reads of the past 12 months

To describe 2019 as "busy and eventful" for the green economy - as we did of 2018 - would seem a gross understatement this year. The past 12 months have seen unprecedented prominence given over to climate...

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