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BRITAIN COULD BE CARBON CAPTURE CAPITAL OF EUROPE
n animation released by the British Geological Survey shows carbon dioxide stored in the Sleipner oilfield, as part of an ongoing trial into the feasibility of burying the greenhouse gas in sediments beneath the North Sea Link to this video
TAXPAYERS SPENDING DOUBLE ON FAT CAT PENSIONS
Taxpayers are spending twice as much on private sector fat cat pensions than on public sector pensions says TUC.
RMT SLAMS "SWEETNER" FROM RAIL OPERATOR
RAIL UNION RMT today slammed reports that the government are considering accepting a £100 million sweetener from rail operator Stagecoach in return for a back door deal which would give the company control of National Express’s rail franchises at East
BP's GIANT OIL FIND IN MEXICO
London-based British Petroleum PLC said it has made a 'giant' oil discovery that may contain as much as one billion barrels recoverable reserves.
CLEAN COAL IN CHINA
Western governments pushing China to use clean-coal technology may need to lower their expectations for the world’s largest producer of greenhouse gases.
These cuts are the pits
Hundreds of thousands of retired miners and their widows face pension cuts because the Government is imposing miserly new rules.
Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith wants private pensions to rise in line with the Consumer Prices Index rather than the Retail Prices Index. It doesn’t soun
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Fraud 'a cover for hurting the poor'
Trade unionists have accused David Cameron of using benefit fraud as "cover for swingeing cuts to genuine claimants."
Speaking last week Mr Cameron described benefit fraud and error as "the one area of ingrained waste that outranks all others."
However the TUC said that, while all fraud should b
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These cuts won't hurt a bit. Unless you're young or poor
This is only the appetiser, not even the first course, just the amuse-bouche to whet the appetite. With a hint of lip-smacking relish for the coming cuts, George Osborne and David Laws today sharpened their knives. There were no expressions of regret, not even a crocodile tear or two for the real
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INDIA' RELIANCE ON COAL
India claimed to be a front-runner among developing nations for emissions disclosure today with its first national survey of greenhouse gases in more than a decade.
The government study based on 2007 data showed a sharp increase in industrial activity since the last assessment in 1994 has made Indi
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