In that pre-carbon offset as investment world, the point of mass environmentalism through media was mostly public awareness.

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But all that slowish progress in cutting debts to more bearable levels has been more than offset - McKinsey says - by a 28 percentage point rise in government indebtedness to 81% of GDP and an 11 percentage point rise in the indebtedness of financial institutions (the City) to 219% of GDP.

BBC: US ahead of UK on road to reducing debts