Climate change policy attacked over coal-fired power stations

Government figures released in February 2004 reveal that the amount of electricity generated in the UK from coal-fired power stations in 2003 rose by almost 11%. The pressure group Friends of the Earth has calculated that compared to 2002, emissions of carbon dioxide from energy rose by approximately 3% in 2003.

http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/uk_carbon_dioxide_emission_26022004.html http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/uk_carbon_dioxide_emission_26022004.html

http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/ http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/

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