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Steven Ashley is a freelance science-technology writer and editor.

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SA Special Editions Vol 18 Issue 4sThis article was published with the title “Buying Green” in SA Special Editions Vol. 18 No. 4s (), p. 90
doi:10.1038/scientificamericanearth0908-90

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