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Matthew Farrow of the Environmental Industries Commission reflects on a flurry of green economy speeches from leading figures

Over the last couple of weeks I've heard a lot of what you might call 'big picture' speeches - keynote addresses and presentations which aim to give the speaker's overall view of the current state of environmental...

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