Do we really need to pay more to save the environment?

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Green Alliance's Libby Peake resists the temptation to yell at the Today programme and instead explains how action to protect the environment benefits the economy

If I were the type to shout at my radio, I would have spewed righteous vitriol at the Today programme last Thursday morning. Ahead of the launch of the government's long awaited 25 Year Plan for the Environment,...

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