Zero-carbon vision sees UK as cleaner, greener and leaner within 20 years

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Centre for Alternative Technology launches influential report that shows how Britain could eliminate emissions by 2030

It's 2030, only 20 years from now: you have driven to work, there is meat for dinner and you are considering taking your partner to India to visit family later in the year. So far, so normal, but this...

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