Mr Connaughton argues that low-carbon technologies should be perfected before governments impose carbon taxes or cap-and-trade schemes to speed their adoption.

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But maybe the 43-year-old Harvard graduate, who picks her words exceptionally carefully and has perfected the highly desirable political skill of talking without saying anything, should be taken at face value.

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