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Talking Green in the Public Sphere: Press Releases, Corporate Voices and the Environment

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|Mar 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2014-0108 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
Language: English
Page range: 125 - 140
Published on: Mar 13, 2020
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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