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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Emma Munbodh

Turn down your thermostat by 1°C to reduce need for Russian gas, urges regulator

Households in the UK are being told to reduce their thermostats to help cut Europe's reliance on Russian gas.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) listed reducing your thermostat by 1 degree Celsius in a 10-point plan of ways to bring gas imports from Russia down by a third.

While Britain only gets around 4% of its gas from Russia, Europe is heavily reliant on the country’s supplies, with Germany and Austria claiming more than 50% of it from the nation.

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