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Pollution * UK - RHA welcomes realistic analysis of road haulage CO2 emissions
London,UK -HGV (Ireland) -11 June 2009: -- The Road Haulage Association (RHA) in the UK has welcomed a study by researchers at Heriot-Watt University, which should change the way the carbon performance of the road haulage industry is viewed... The carbon intensity of freight moved by HGVs in the UK appears to have fallen by 6% (by tonne/km) in the period 1990-2005 rather than to have risen by 11%, as official figures have until recently suggested... "This finding will ring true to everyone working in the road haulage sector," says director of policy Jack Semple. "Professor, Alan McKinnon, and his research associate Maja Peick, have provided much-needed balance and accuracy to the way we view road haulage, the dominant mode of moving goods and a key engine of our economy... (Picture from foulgertransport: Fleethaulage)
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