
A Conservative led council has refused to give a tax break to Tata Steel’s Scunthorpe plant, admitting that granting a discount on the firm’s £15.2 million business rates bill would be illegal under EU law. Tata Steel yesterday confirmed 900 job
by Donna Rachel Edmunds21 Oct 2015, 9:34 AM PST0

Labour’s drive to encourage diesel cars was “wrong” and a “massive problem for public health”, the shadow environment minister has admitted. Although diesel cars have fewer carbon emissions they churn out much higher levels of air pollutants that some believe
by Donna Rachel Edmunds26 Jan 2015, 8:16 AM PST0

Environmental campaigners make much of the potentially catastrophic outcomes of increased atmospheric CO2 levels, often exaggerating their claims in order to gain public support for policies designed to tackle anthropogenic climate change. If challenged they often fall back on the
by Donna Rachel Edmunds22 Jan 2015, 2:45 AM PST0