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How green is the U.K.’s new government?

by Jonathan Hiskes Prime Minister David Cameron (right) and deputy Nick Clegg, BFFsPrime Minister’s OfficeBritain’s got a new prime minister, Conservative David Cameron ; a new deputy prime minister, Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg ; and an odd new governing coalition kludged together with both of their parties.

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