News roundup: MEP's to cut new car emmisions
MEPs propose further CO2 emissions cuts for new cars. They have already backed regulations for manufacturers to cut emissions to 130g per km by 2012. Now they want to lower that to 120/km - the average in 2005 was 162g/km. BBC
A new study from the University of Colorado concludes that sea levels could rise by three times more than was orginially estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). A professor at the university claims the IPCC were using out-of-date information to assess the rises. The Independent
Ethical company the Co-operative Group is to slash around 1,000 jobs across its financial arm, with Manchester-based staff expected to be badly hit. The cuts, announced this morning, are part of a restructuring and cost-cutting operation at Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) aimed at saving £100m a year. The Guardian
