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Alok Jha, The Guardian - Published under license by, BusinessGreen , Monday 29 June 2009 at 10:39:00 Royal Society report says current government policy is not enough to pay for green technology Consumers will need to pay more for energy if the UK is to have any chance of developing the technologies needed to tackle climate change, according to a group of... > > (link)

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