Europe's main chance of forcing tougher environmental standards in a reluctant US lies in greater competition over green jobs, say Washington insiders.
"What I believe will really alter the US environmental approach is when people see that change can result in positive economic growth," the World Bank's top environmental advisor, Stephen Lintner, told EUobserver on Tuesday (16 November).
Based at the bank's headquarters in Washington, Mr Lintner is well aware of the hard sell tha...
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