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Article: UK climate change sustainable development indicator: 2007 greenhouse gas emissions, final figures.
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- February 4, 2009
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M2 PRESSWIRE-4 February 2009-UK Government: UK climate change sustainable development indicator: 2007 greenhouse gas emissions, final figures(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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DECC today publishes final 2007 estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions.
Greenhouse gas emissions - headline results
* In 2007, UK emissions of the basket of six greenhouse gases(1) covered by the Kyoto Protocol were estimated to be 636.6 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent(2). This was 1.7 per cent lower than the 2006 figure of 647.9 million tonnes.
* Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main greenhouse gas, accounting for about 85 per cent ...