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British software firm Access Accounting has incorporated a tool within its accounting package that will enable enterprises to assess the carbon footprint of individual users or departments within the company.

An environmental “stealth tax” on business could raise hundreds of million of pounds for the taxman over the next five years through the auction of a large chunk of the next round of carbon emission permits.

Flying in the face of all the scientific evidence, the government’s chief scientific advisor David King is urging for war to be declared on Britain’s badger population. Speaking to a select committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He contradicted the findings of the ten year and £34 million Independent Scientific Group (ISG) report into the transmission of Bovine TB between badger populations and cattle.

With over 40 per cent of carbon emissions produced by individuals, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is investing £5 million in a marketing drive to help individuals understand the link between their personal behavior and climate change - and encourage them to start taking action to reduce their carbon emissions.