Green industrial revolution at risk from government 'dithering'

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New Green Alliance report shows companies are set to invest £180bn in low carbon technology in the UK by 2020

Hundreds of billions of pounds of low carbon infrastructure currently being planned by businesses might never be built in the UK because the government appears to be wavering over its commitment to the...

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