Regulating companies on green issues is not anti-business, says Lord Deben

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Chair of UK's climate change advisers says business wants environmental regulation, and calls for return to cross-party consensus on green agenda

Regulating companies on their environmental performance is not anti-business, the chairman of the government's Committee on Climate Change has said, but is what companies want as they seek clarity in making...

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