UK greenhouse gas emissions fell seven per cent from 2010 to 2011 as emissions from the residential sector dipped to their lowest level since 1990, government figures revealed Tuesday.
The drop from 594 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) to just under 553 MtCO2e is slightly less than the 549 MtCO2e predicted by figures released last year.
But it leaves the UK comfortably below its both its Kyoto Protocol and carbon budget targets and continues a downward trend that since 2004 has only been interrupted once in 2010.
The latest fall in annual emissions was driven by a 22.5 per cent drop in household emissions, as a relatively warm year saw homeowners use less gas overall and significantly reduce the amount of the fuel used for space heating.
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