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Tom Young, BusinessGreen , Tuesday 3 February 2009 at 13:18:00 Royal Society reports warns personal carbon allowances will be needed to meet emission targets Targets set out in the climate change bill will not be met without the introduction of personal carbon allowances, according to a new report for the The Royal Society for... (link)

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