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Knowledge gap leaving ten million UK households wasting energy, Citizens Advice survey finds

Toby Hill

23 January 2020 •

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UK homes are responsible for a quarter of the country's carbon emissions

Nearly three-quarters of Brits underestimate the contribution of British homes to global warming, research conducted by Citizens Advice in partnership with the Energy Saving Trust has found

Almost 10 million UK households have done nothing to curb their energy usage in recent years, despite widespread focus on the urgent need to tackle energy waste and easy opportunities to save hundreds...

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