British Ministers are still undecided as to targets for further cutting of carbon emissions by business, according to the Financial Times.   The Government plans to publish its climate change programme review next Tuesday, so the review will send confused signals if the issue is not resolved then.
“Two government departments have been in dispute over how [...]

Chancellor Gordon Brown presented his 10th budget yesterday, announcing several green-friendly policies, including:

Proposal to the World Bank for a US$20 billion fund to help developing countries deploy renewable energy pojects.
A rise in April 2007 in the climate change levy (the special tax on electricity bills paid by British companies) from 0.43p per kilowatt hour. [...]

According to today’s Guardian:
“The National Grid, responsible for running Britain’s gas and electricity pipes and wires, yesterday issued an unprecedented warning that the country was in danger of not having enough gas to meet demand.
It issued its first-ever “gas balancing alert” to the market, telling traders that gas demand might have to be reduced, initially [...]

The British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA), which co-ordinates National Science Week, is asking people to visit its website to make an online pledge for a “green” lifestyle change, revealing the estimated carbon dioxide savings if the action is kept up for a week.
The pledges include:

not to going to school or work by [...]

The Guardian today reports that Shell and Norwegian oil company Statoil are planning to bury greenhouse gases beneath the North Sea in offshore oil fields. It is planned to sequester up to 2.5m tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.
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