Darkness beckons for carbon-saving motorway

James S Murray
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Roadside lighting to be switched off tomorrow morning in a move that will save 90 tons of carbon a year

A stretch of the M27 motorway in Hampshire will be thrown into darkness at midnight tonight in a move designed to cut carbon emissions and light pollution that is likely to be adopted more widely in the...

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