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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton Environment reporter

UK government blocks release of CO2 figures behind transport plan

Road traffic  near Newcastle
Road traffic near Newcastle. Transport is the UK’s largest CO2 emitting sector, and produced 24% of the country’s total in 2020. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

The UK government is refusing to release the carbon emission figures behind its transport decarbonisation plan, which campaigners say could make proposed road schemes financially unviable.

The Department for Transport (DfT) is blocking academics from seeing the figures, which include data on how much car use would have to be reduced in order to reach net zero commitments.

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