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The great green cover-up

I WANT to do the right thing by the environment, and so do you. But, let’s face it: it isn’t always easy. The moment one contemplates the sheer scale of the problem we face, it is difficult not to feel profoundly depressed. For example, in order to research this article, I visited The World Counts (), which offers all the latest environmental statistics, and it was enough to send me to

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