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‘Shocking’ failure to cut emissions from biggest-polluting sector in UK as others improve
(The Independent, 5 Feb 2019) Concerns lack of progress cutting greenhouse gases from cars will hamper future climate targets even as overall emissions fall.
Zero progress has been made in reducing climate-harming emissions from the UK’s most polluting sector, according to new government figures.
In 2017 levels of greenhouse gases from cars and other forms of transport did not fall at all.
Campaigners accused the government of ignoring the “elephant in the room” and investing in new roads at the expense of the nation’s future climate targets.
With more and more electricity coming from renewable sources, transport is now firmly established as the biggest polluter, responsible for over a quarter of the UK’s emissions.
Overall the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions have fallen by 42 per cent since 1990, with a 3 per cent drop between 2016 and 2017, the most recent period for which figures are available.
The Independent, 5 Feb 2019: ‘Shocking’ failure to cut emissions from biggest-polluting sector in UK as others improve
