The ten greenest cities in the UK

Steel City Sheffield takes the top spot for its open spaces and renewable energy production

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Eco-friendly lifestyles are normally indicated by how you live, not where you live, but new research has pinned down the most climate conscious cities in the UK.

The University of Southampton assessed six different environmental datasets to find out which of the 25 most populous cities would prove to be the greenest.

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