Client Earth's James Thornton: 'Brexit is an opportunity to get much tougher on air pollution'

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Veteran environmental lawyer and ClientEarth founder chats to BusinessGreen about Brexit, China's bid to build an 'ecological civilisation', and why the UK government is failing to uphold the Climate Change Act

James Thornton, chief executive and founder of the pioneering environmental law firm ClientEarth, sits down with BusinessGreen's deputy editor Madeleine Cuff to discuss the UK government's failure to tackle...

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