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Article: Greenhouse gas emissions from transport industries.
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- M2 Presswire
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- July 22, 2004
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M2 PRESSWIRE-22 July 2004-UK Government: Greenhouse gas emissions from transport industries(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
RDATE:07222004
Coverage United KingdomTheme The Natural and Built Environment
Between 1990 and 2002, total UK greenhouse gas emissions declined 10 per cent from 777.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent to 696.5 million tonnes.
The transport industries were one of the few exceptions to this downward trend as greenhouse gas emissions from the transport industries were 47 per cent higher in 2002 than in 1990. This is despite a 3 per cent fall in emissions since 2000, reflecting a downturn in the air ...