Can the Prime Minister deliver his climate pledges?

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Alastair Harper of Green Alliance says David Cameron will need small policy develoment but major political investment to cut emissions at home and abroad

Many didn't believe the Prime Minister would ever agree to make a pledge on climate change. Not in the middle of a general election. And not when Lynton Crosby was so busy getting any barnacles off the...

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