There's no doubt they are the future. But even with a £5,000 subsidy electric cars are too slow and costly - and not very green | Mail Online

We ought, therefore, to be encouraging better engineering - the sort of engineering that Britain used to be so good at, not throwing taxpayers' money at a dubious technology that needs a lot more development before it could ever become practical.

We might as well be subsidising flying cars. Again, a lovely idea, but again, sadly, part of the future, not of today.

Yeah, right: Reuters AlertNet - Forests could become source of warming -report

If the Earth heats up 2.5 degrees Celsius (4.5 degrees F) or more, evaporation from the additional heat would lead to severe droughts and heat waves that could kill wide swaths of trees in the tropics of Africa, southern Asia and South America. And emissions from the rotting trees would make forests a source of global warming.

CTV British Columbia- James sticks to her guns on cap-and-trade system

NDP Leader Carole James is dismaying environmental advocates with her party's plan to scrap the Campbell government's carbon tax.
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Scrapping the carbon tax would mean savings of $300 annually for B.C. families, James said.

James went to Kelowna in the afternoon, where she met with parents who are being asked to pay $20 for the use of school busses, to offset the cost of the carbon tax.