| Independent (UK): The benefits of persuading householders to save energy in the campaign against climate change are being wiped out by increased air traffic, government figures reveal. Final figures for the year 2005, released yesterday, show that overall carbon emissions fell by 0.1 per cent on 2004. Householders cut their emissions of carbon by 4.6 per cent, but emissions from aircraft went up by 7 per cent. While the figures were an embarrassment for a government committed to cuts in carbon ... |
