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U.K. Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Declined 2% Last Year


By Alex Morales

March 26 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming fell 2 percent last year as the country took steps to meet its international treaty obligations.

Output of six heat-trapping gases dropped to 623.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, from 636.6 million tons a year earlier, according to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, or DECC.

Reduced fossil-fuel consumption by transport and manufacturing and lower use of coal to generate power led to the decline, the DECC said today in a statement, citing provisional figures. That puts U.K. emissions 19 percent below 1990 levels.

Under the Kyoto Protocol, a multinational global-warming treaty signed in 1997, Britain is required to slash emissions by 12.5 percent from 1990 levels for the five years through 2012.

To contact the reporter on this story: Alex Morales in London at [e-mail].

Last Updated: March 26, 2009 07:26 EDT

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Hello GFTB

That article about the farmers was interesting. Every little bit counts, and it is amazing to me how easy it is in most cases to make a difference in emissions. Also, how beneficial, I would wager that the crops do better with the CO2 still in the soil anyway.

Well it seems money is given out to those who are responsible. Seems fair.

Thanks