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No really, who does care, or cares enough? (BTW, thanks to Paul Groves for his comments which have arisen me from a mid day slumber today)

I do not mean Greenpeace, or the many campaigners (open toe sandal brigade as someone lovingly called them the other day) or politicians (actually I am not entirely convinced that most national politicians care, I just think they have figured out it is a great way to raise taxes).

I mean who really cares:

Before I begin, I apologise for my inexcusable absence, a combination of too many ideas, not enough time and IT incompetence on my part. However, hopefully I will have learnt from the experience...unlikely!

China, China, China. I have never been and would like to, it seems a lovely place, or at the very least interesting after the latest report on pollution in Beijing.

With the Olympics, they suddenly seem to have become the country to be talked about. Whether it is pollution, human rights, sports, foreign investment, China is the country we want to talk about.

Or do we? Well you answer that question for me...but here are a few of my musings on the subject.

Specifically, one: do we have the right to lecture the Chinese on pollution?

My business aims to be green. I want to reduce its carbon footprint because I think it's an important thing to do and, frankly, I'm sometimes a bit scared about what the future holds for my children.

Politicians are now at last waking up to the fact that there are votes in saying you want to tackle climate change.

But despite what the Daily Mail might say I have my doubts as to whether making people pay 5p for carrier bags is really going to save the planet.

If you missed it, here is HM Treasury's own take on the environmental bit of the budget.