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Electric trains use seven times less carbon dioxide than cars. With careful planning, railways could drastically cut emissions from a sector that now accounts for a quarter of the carbon in our air.
Housing currently accounts for almost one-fifth of the UK’s annual carbon emissions.
A disappointing end for one of the UK’s flagship environmental schemes.
Solar panels and efficiency savings are supposed to balance out building emissions by 2016, but the UK is way behind target.
Top contributors
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Professor at the Lancaster Environment Centre and previously co-director of the DEMAND Centre, Lancaster University
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Ph.D. Researcher in Political Science, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Low Carbon Design, University of Bath
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Professor of Housing and Social Inclusion, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor in Sustainable Development, Heriot-Watt University
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Visiting Professor, Smart Mobility Research Unit, University of Hertfordshire
