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Carbon border tax on meat 'right thing to do'

If there was a situation where carbon emissions were being reduced from UK meat, but higher carbon products were continuing to be imported, businessman Henry Dimbleby said a carbon border tax would be ‘theoretically' right, but questioned how it could be done legislatively

Rachael Brown
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Carbon border tax on meat 'right thing to do'

A carbon border tax on meat would be the ‘right thing to do' but it would be difficult to do ‘politically'. That was the message from businessman and co-founder of Leon restaurants Henry Dimbleby, speaking...

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