Department of Energy and Climate Change Says UK Ahead of Target

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The Department of Energy and Climate Change says that the UK will almost double its carbon emissions reduction goal by 2010. This news comes after new figures were released.

As of now, the greenhouse gas emissions in Britain are set to be almost 23 percent lower than they were in 1990. The report from the Department of Energy and Climate Change went on to say that this is well ahead of the UK’s goal of 12.5 percent that had originally been laid out. This report was sent to the United Nations and was unveiled on June fifth, which was the United Nation’s World Environment Day.

The climate change minister, Hoan Ruddock, said that the latest report that was given to the United Nations shows what countries can achieve when communities, businesses, and the government all work together to help reduce emissions. She went on to say that they are very pleased that they have this significant achievement under their belt, but they still know that there is much work to be done. She said that they must continue the fight against emissions to help reduce the problem in the future.

Although the report from the Department of Energy and Climate Change was good, it did come as a shock to many people, even those around the UK. This is because, for some time the UK had been behind scheduled to meet their emission reduction goals. However, after a few big pushes by both businesses and the government, the UK was able to get back on track and even surpass what they had set out to do.

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