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MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, calls on Congress to back the train drivers’ demands for the government to tackle climate change by investing in rail
Transport is the biggest polluter, in terms of greenhouse gasses, responsible for 27 per cent of total emissions - but rail accounts for less than 2 per cent of this

BRITAIN, under the terms of the Kyoto agreement, which was adopted in 1997 and came into force in 2005, must reduce emissions by 80-95 per cent compared with 1990.

The Climate Change Act 2008 goes further, with Britain committed to a 34 per cent reduction in emissions by 2020 and a reduction of 80 per cent by 2050.

Transport is the biggest polluter, in terms of greenhouse gasses, responsible for 27 per cent of total emissions.

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