UK emissions fall over five per cent in 2023 on back of reduced gas demand

James Murray
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Latest provisional statistics show UK greenhouse emissions are now 52.7 per cent below 1990 levels

The UK has further cemented its position as the G20 economy that has delivered the deepest greenhouse gas emissions cuts, with new provisional statistics showing emissions last year were 52.7 per cent...

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