How to tread a green path in post-Brexit Britain

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As the polls on Brexit grow ever closer, EIC's Matthew Farrow begins to think about how the green community will need to respond in the event of a leave vote

As we enter the last few days of the EU referendum campaign, it's starting to feel as if the government will put the whole country on the naughty step if we vote to leave. Senior ministers on the Remain...

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