Climate change: Carbon emissions from England's £27.4bn roads scheme '100 times greater than government claims', experts tell court

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Carbon emissions from England's roadbuilding scheme will be about 100 times greater than the government has claimed, according to expert witnesses

Another expert witness, Professor Jillian Anable, professor of transport and energy at the University of Leeds, said the government has failed to take into account the amount of emissions over 60 years, which is the period Highways England has appraised for the plan.Construction emissions have not been taken into account, the two expert witnesses said. File pic

A ban on new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 under the government's decarbonising scheme will dramatically reduce car-induced emissions, the DfT has said. "Transport is the stand-out sector where we are failing to reduce emissions. We need urgency - electrification is not enough, nor can it come fast enough.Both expert witnesses have said in order to calculate the true effect of emissions from RIS2, the government needs to look at emissions from:

 

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Another example of not believing what this government tell you

Your point being?

What rubbish the whole of the UK would fit into America alone over 40 times. Whatever we do won't make an iota of difference it's India Pakistan China Africa etc that need to change.🙄

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