UK agriculture emissions show little improvement in 2015

Michael Holder
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Latest Defra data shows farming produced 49.1 million tonnes of CO2 in 2015, with little change since 2008

Greenhouse gas emissions from the UK agricultural sector continue to demonstrate little improvement, with the latest government data showing farming produced 49.1 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2015....

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