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'Make the case for HS2 benefits', say experts
If High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) is to achieve a groundswell of public support then the wider economic case for it needs to be made, a panel of transport experts concluded last night.
Property compensation consultation on HS2 was 'unlawful'
Comment: How pesticides are killing the British bee
Expert pours cold water on fracking hopes
Comment: How pesticides are killing the British bee
MPs come together to urge more action against bee-killing insecticides.
Property compensation consultation on HS2 was 'unlawful'
The government's consultation on compensation for homeowners affected by the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail route was "so unfair as to be unlawful", a high court judge has found.
Expert pours cold water on fracking hopes
Shale gas should not be seen as the answer to Britain's energy production issues "anytime soon", according to a leading academic.
UK must turn its back on gas boilers to meet carbon targets
Gas boilers for home heating will have to be virtually eliminated by 2050 if the UK is to meet its carbon reduction targets, according to a new report.
Horse meat test: We're all clear... kind of
Food suppliers are releasing information about possible contamination of their ready-meals, with most of the results coming in negative.
Horse meat: Tide turns on food regulation
The government is coming under pressure to bolster food regulation, amid continued outrage at the horse meat fiasco.
The raid: UK firms targeted in horse meat operation
The government's claims that horse meat may have reached British consumers via practises in Europe were looking increasingly flimsy today, after two raids took place against British meat processing firms.
Rising panic: New horse meat evidence discovered as minister gives statement to Commons
The government's response to the horse meat scandal was in danger of turning into a laughing stock today, as new cases of contamination were found in Tesco's products as the secretary of state gave evidence to the Commons.
Horse meat scandal: Labour calls the police
Labour has contacted the police with information about UK mainland companies potentially involved in the illegal horse meat trade, amid accusations the government has fallen asleep on the job.
'Apostles of cruelty' attack RSPCA in parliament
Prosecutions brought by the RSPCA against alleged animal abusers are coming under attack today from a Conservative MP.
Boris: Snow is start of 'mini-ice age'
Boris Johnson risked ridicule today when he claimed the snow in Britain suggested we could entering a mini-ice age.
Gone to ground? Fox-hunting enemies still wary of Tories
Modernisers in the Conservative party want fox-hunting to "go to ground", according to a Liberal Democrat MP.
We eat horses, do we? Labour blames Tesco horse burger on coalition
Labour has pinned the blame for the discovery of traces of horse DNA in Tesco's beef burgers on the coalition's drive to reduce regulation.
Yeo: Wrong decisions being made on energy policy
A senior Conservative MP is mounting an attempt to get an emissions target included in the upcoming energy bill, against the wishes of the government.
Davey: Let's get fracking
A ban on drilling for underground shale gas, otherwise known as fracking, has been lifted, the energy secretary has announced.
Minister: Everyone is eating GM foods, they just don't know it
Virtually everyone is eating meat from animals that would have been fed with genetically modified food, according to the environment secretary Owen Paterson.
Gas panic for greens over fracking funding
Up to 30 new gas power stations could be built by 2030, George Osborne is expected to announce tomorrow.
'Quite exciting' energy consultation would pay out for electricity saving
The government has published a set of proposals alongside the energy bill, including a "quite exciting" consultation encouraging firms to save electricity.
Carbon target decision delayed until 2016
The government will not set a target for carbon emissions for 2030 until well after the next general election, it has emerged.
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