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2 March 2021
Public Sector Informant: Growing disasters show world must turn a new leaf
I was walking home from the shops the other day, when I encountered a man using a leaf blower to eject leaves from his driveway onto the road. The leaf blower was an electric one, so at least the noise was not as deafening as the petrol-driven ones produce....
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Public Sector Informant: Growing disasters show world must turn a new leaf
I was walking home from the shops the other day, when I encountered a man using a leaf blower to eject leaves from his driveway onto the road. The leaf blower was an electric one, so at least the nois…
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