Granular approach needed for cost-effective emissions reduction

Granular approach needed for cost-effective emissions reduction
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By Gavin Evans June 24 (BusinessDesk) - Cost-effective emissions reduction will require a granular approach and a willingness to rethink traditional ways energy is used in the economy, a visiting climate and sustainability expert says. Michael Liebreich says the interactions between energy, transport, industry and new technologies can be very complicated. That complexity sometimes allows people to promote “a lot of stupid things” which are hard to disprove.  People, and sometimes governments, also tend to look for simple answers when t...

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