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Whitehall is criticised for its carbon footprint as an energy efficiency report on 267 government offices shows that one in three has lowest ratingOne in three government buildings has the lowest possible rating for energy efficiency, according to official figures seen by the Observer, which show the Department for Energy and Climate Change is one of the worst offenders.The dire state of the public estate, which includes government offices, laboratories and museums, will make uncomfortable reading for the department's secretary of state Ed Miliband. He recently announced ambitious plans to cut the energy use of UK buildings as part of the overall targets to cut the country's carbon footprint by 80% by 2050.The DECC, which is responsible for promoting energy efficiency in the country and is housed in Whitehall Place in London, scored a G, the lowest on a seven-point energy performance scale for its buildings. The Home Office, which moved into a new office building only a few years ago,

Dhaka - Dhaka will formally protest against New Delhi's plan for construction of a dam which may adversely affect Bangladesh's ecology, after a new government takes over in India, a senior Bangladeshi minister said Saturday. Indian plans for construc...

BULAWAYO, May 16 (IPS) - While journalists welcomed a pledge by the government to reform the country's closed media space, fears run deep over a horde of laws that continue to make Zimbabwe a media minefield where a 'wrong' story can land a journalist behind bars.

BERKELEY, California, Apr 20 (IPS) - Since Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi was sentenced to eight years in prison last week on the charge of spying for foreign governments, human rights and press freedom groups have become increasingly critical of the political nature of her case and the harsh and unprecedented penalty.

The Zuma government has halted purchase of a stake in Vodacom in what is seen a test of the new administration over selling stakes of South African businesses to overseas companies

Maryland officials yesterday denied requests by the Montgomery and Prince George's County governments to reduce their share of education spending, sending both counties scrambling to find alternatives to layoffs and furloughs as they revise their budgets in the midst of the recession.

Politicians come and go, but the folks who actually run the government have an agenda of their own, including covering their mistakes.

In the May 15th issue of G&D, Dr. Ting-Fen Tsai (The National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan) and colleagues present a new animal model of human Wolfram Syndrome, and effectively link CISD2 gene function, mitochondrial integrity and aging in mammals. Wolfram Syndrome (WFS) is a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disorder. It is clinically heterogeneous, but it is primarily characterized by juvenile-onset diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy and premature death.

TEACHERS have warned they will ballot on industrial action unless the government gives 'explicit guidance' and more cash for the new curriculum.