Between the Broadsheets

The plastic bag's status as a symbol of waste was confirmed yesterday as Gordon Brown pledged to help eliminate its use in Britain. He threw his weight behind the growing campaign against them in his first speech on the environment since becoming Prime Minister – The Times

Large retailers and other service sector companies will have just two years to prepare for the introduction of carbon trading, after the prime minister used his first big speech on the environment to announce an extension of the scheme – Financial Times