ONS: UK greenhouse gas intensity down two-thirds since 1990, but progress stalled last year

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Latest preliminary stats show UK emissions intensity flat-lined during 2018

Pressure on the next government to come forward with an ambitious new suite of decarbonisation plans are set to intensify, after new preliminary data from the Office for National Statistics today confirmed...

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