Is green dead? Not on your life

James S Murray
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The media frenzy over green taxes ignores the fact that fuel prices will continue to rise regardless, making environmental issues ever more central to firms' decision making

One of the defining features of any media frenzy is the absurd over-simplification and manufactured binary debates it imposes upon any issue. There are a number of reasons for this, ranging from the...

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