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Article: UK Climate Change Sustainable Development Indicator: 2006 greenhouse gas emissions, final figures; STATISTICAL RELEASE; Defra today publishes final 2006 estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions.; Greenhouse gas emissions - headline results.
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- January 31, 2008
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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 January 2008-UK Government: UK Climate Change Sustainable Development Indicator: 2006 greenhouse gas emissions, final figures; STATISTICAL RELEASE; Defra today publishes final 2006 estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions.; Greenhouse gas emissions - headline results(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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* In 2006, UK emissions of the basket of six greenhouse gases(1) covered by the Kyoto Protocol were estimated to be 652.3 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent(2). This was 0.5 per cent lower than the 2005 figure of 655.5 million tonnes.
* Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main greenhouse gas, accounting for about 85 per ...