'Hidden emitter': Air pollution from domestic gas boilers expected to soar this winter as people work from home

Cecilia Keating
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New analysis from ECIU warns of a 12 per cent increase in toxic nitrogen oxide emissions across the UK this winter if lockdown persists

Air pollution could soar this winter as gas boilers are cranked up at homes across the country by the UK's expanded army of home workers, the Energy and Climate Change Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has today...

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