UK emissions fall seven per cent in 2011 as gas use plunges

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Relatively warm year sees gas usage at power stations at its lowest level since 1998, while homeowners turn down the heating

UK greenhouse gas emissions fell seven per cent from 2010 to 2011 as emissions from the residential sector dipped to their lowest level since 1990, government figures revealed today. The drop from 594...

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