From frackers to Royal Babies: Green Great Britain Week kicks off in face of competing priorities

Madeleine Cuff
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Start of flagship event championing green growth coincides with start of fracking operations in Lancashire

When the government first announced a year ago it was to stage the first Green Great Britain Week, Ministers would not have banked on the flagship campaign coinciding with the start of fracking operations...

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