Updated: Recession-hit councils cut emissions in 2009

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But DECC says it will boost efforts to cut carbon as economy picks up

The vast majority of local authorities saw greenhouse gas emissions fall in 2009, partly because of the economic downturn, according to new government figures. Statistics published by the Department...

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