Mr Brown's latest PBR marks an «ongoing retreat from the Treasury's announcement in 1997 of a policy to shift the burden of taxation towards taxing environmentally damaging activities,» the committee notes. (politics.co.uk)
-- A piece on the Lens blog at The Times assesses a photography exhibition at the Asia Society that vividly illustrates the ongoing retreat of the glaciers of the Himalayas. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)