• Farmland bird numbers fall to record lows
Farmland bird numbers fell 5% last year to new record lows, official figures
showed today.
• Green light for electric car grants
A promised grant of up to £5,000 towards the cost of an electric or ultra-low carbon car has survived Government cutbacks. The Transport Secretary Philip Hammond yesterday said the funding, first announced by the Labour government, will go ahead from January 2011.
• The dead sea: Global warming blamed for 40 per cent decline in the ocean's phytoplankton
The microscopic plants that support all life in the oceans are dying off at a dramatic rate, according to a study that has documented for the first time a disturbing and unprecedented change at the base of the marine food web.
