Change in political climate must inform green investments

James S Murray
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Major new green strategy documents from the Lib Dems and Tories hint that large scale reforms to environmental policies are finally on the agenda

We might have been forced to listen to nearly two years of the manure of political rhetoric to reach this point, but if the last few weeks are anything to go by the UK could soon see the green shoots of...

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