Government fails to cut CO2 emissions

1.43.28pm UTC (GMT +0000) Fri 30th Mar 2007

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New government statistics released yesterday reveal that carbon dioxide emissions in the UK continued to rise in 2006. Emissions have risen by 3.7% since their low in 1999. Last year alone emissions rose by a further 1.25%, an extra 6,000,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Liberal Democrat environment spokesperson Chris Huhne MP said "The continued increase in carbon emissions shows Labour's failure to tackle climate change. Green taxes have been falling steadily as a percentage of our national income, meaning the Government has failed to use a key lever to tackle climate change. We desperately need a proper strategy.

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