Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 14608
Methane: Pollution Control
Tabled: 18 November 2024
Answered: 26 November 2024
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of implications for his policies of the level of methane emissions in (a) 2010 and (b) 2024; and what steps he is taking to reduce those emissions to help the UK m
Answer
Kerry McCarthyThe UK has committed to the fastest reduction in GHG emissions between 1990 and 2030 of any major economy. Between 1990 and 2022, UK methane emissions dropped by 62%. As part of the Clean Energy Superpower Mission, we are leading the way towards rapid nat...
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