Remember the Stern Report on climate change? How it was going to change everything?

Yeah, well, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown — widely expected to become the next British Prime Minister — has completely ignored the report’s recommendations. He’s taking the minimal possible action to address climate change. Stern has been frozen out and will leave the gov’t in March.

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