Between the Broadsheets

Sir Nicholas Stern, the government adviser on the economics of climate change and development, has urged nations to agree on ambitious reductions in greenhouse gas emissions...
...or face the "destructive" consequences of global warming - The Guardian

It has become the home improvement of choice for the environmentally aware, but erecting a wind turbine on the side of your house could create more carbon dioxide than it actually saves, a study into their performance will reveal today. The Building Research Establishment Trust, which advises the government and private sector, has found that in built up towns and cities weak winds and turbulence mean turbines are likely to add to, not subtract from, a home's carbon footprint - The Guardian