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Environmental groups have hailed the government’s u-turn in agreeing to close a loophole that would have excluded aviation and shipping emissions from the UK’s target of cutting CO2 emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. New climate and energy minister Ed Miliband had claimed it would have been
CO2
CO2 emissions have actually fallen across the UK – according to new government figures. The figures are revealed in the newly published statistics for the 2006 CO2 emissions at local authority and government office region level. This represents all UK emissions allocated to local authority areas on an end-user basis, incorporating
CO2
Despite the amount of marketing hype and the increasing number of ‘eco-friendly’ motors being launched, the auto industry is not doing enough to meet proposed climate targets for new cars. That’s according to a report by lobby group the European Federation for Transport and Environment, which found the average
