James Smith: 'This generation has the opportunity to put the world on a sustainable footing'

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The Carbon Trust chair and former Shell boss reckons the oil industry can decarbonise, but only if it starts to take carbon capture and storage seriously

You might expect a man who has switched from being chair of one of the world's most high profile oil companies to being chair of one of the world's most high profile green consultancies to have some pretty...

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