Updated: DECC takes first UK green business trade mission to US

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Five firms jet to Washington DC to promote UK green investment opportunities and tout for trade links

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is leading its first green business trade mission to the US this week as part of wider government efforts to better promote leading British industries...

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