UK on track to meet Kyoto targets, says Government

Environment Secretary Hilary Benn says that the UK is making progress on cutting Greenhouse Gas emissions, but warns that there is still much work to do.

Provisional statistics published for total UK Greenhouse Gas emissions for 2007 showed a drop of 2% over the previous year, with 639.4m carbon dioxide equivalent, down from 652.3m tonnes in 2006. They also show that in 2007, UK net emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) were provisionally estimated to be 543.7m tonnes. This was 2% lower than th... (410 more words)

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