UK carbon emissions fall 29 per cent in a decade, new data shows

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The UK's carbon emissions now at their lowest since 1888 when first ever matches were played in the English Football League

UK carbon emissions fell by almost three per cent last year, topping off a decade of deep decarbonisation which has left CO2 at its lowest level since the English Football League was founded in 1888, fresh...

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