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Islamabad has urged the UK to allow students arrested in anti-terror raids to remain in the country after they were released without charge

The couple will use a high-profile interview with the American chat show host, which will be broadcast in 144 countries, to release new images of the child as she may look two years after she vanished...

Chancellor, Alistair Darling has allocated £375m for home energy efficiency, £525m support for offshore wind power and £405m to develop low-carbon technologiesA £1.4bn package to reduce UK carbon emissions and create a low-carbon economy was criticised by environment and business groups as inadequate in delivering the huge greenhouse gas cuts the government embraced in the budget, though they welcomed support for renewable energy.Funding announced by the chancellor, Alistair Darling, included £375m for home energy efficiency, £525m support for offshore wind power and £405m for the development of low-carbon technologies.Initial analysis of actual government spending - rather than support - for green measures suggests it totals £510m over the next two years - 9.6% of the chancellor's total spending commitments. This appears to be a higher proportion than in November's pre-budget report, but Wednesday's budget was widely viewed as a missed opportunity to match other countries' multibilli

Vienna - Plants grow better and absorb more carbon dioxide under hazy skies, a team of European researchers said Wednesday, presenting a study in Vienna that may affect strategies against climate change. It has been known for some time that man-made ...

Syracuse, Italy - Experts Wednesday renewed calls for a green revolution in spite of the global financial crisis, as Group of Eight (G8) environment ministers met in Italy with leading developing countries to discuss ways of combating climate chang...

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Hamburgers and pizza disappeared from scores of university and corporate cafeterias across the country Wednesday to raise awareness about the effect food has on the environment. The University of San Francisco dining hall is among sites that pulled beef and cheese off menus in honor of Earth Day.

Network operators warn government plans will fail if provision is not made to connect wind projects to an upgraded power gridThe government is at risk of missing its climate change targets if it fails to make substantial investment in the country's electricity network, Britain's energy distributors warned MPs today.The Electricity Networks Strategy Group, headed by the Department for Energy and Climate Change, has estimated that £4.7bn would be needed to upgrade the network and accommodate a further 45GW of power into the system, adding approximately £5 to every household's annual electricity bill.But in evidence to the energy and climate change select committee's inquiry into the future of Britain's electricity networks, Scottish Power which along with National Grid and Scottish & Southern own the country's transmission network, has estimated full costs of upgrading at £37bn.On the same day that the chancellor, Alistair Darling, announced an extra £525m to fund offshore wind investmen

Environmentalists warn that emissions targets are out of dateIf they can actually do it, the government's pledge to cut global warming emissions by one third in just over a decade should transform the way the UK economy works.However, critics warned that the cuts would still not be enough to avoid dangerous climate change, and warned that other spending pledges were not nearly enough to meet the target.Darling has now promised to cut greenhouse gases by 34% by 2020 through so-called carbon budgets, which fix binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions over five-year periods. The 34% target is in line with the advice of the government's independent watchdog, the Committee on Climate Change. 'This represents a step change in the UK ambition on climate change,' said the budget report.The budget report said the government 'aims' to do this without purchasing controversial carbon credits from cuts made in other countries, but said these 'offsets' could be a 'fallback option'. It also said th

Taxpayers will not be asked to top up pensions for MEPs, the European parliament disclosed on Wednesday.The assembly sought to head off a pre-election controversy by insisting it would cover a €120m...