A senior Church of Scotland minister has welcomed new climate change targets, but warned they were doomed to fail unless the people of Scotland were involved at a grassroots level.

The Energy and Climate Change Minister, Ed Miliband MP, and senior Church of England's Bishops are urging people to cut down on carbon rather than give up chocolate this Lent.

A senior Church official has voiced his 'disbelief' at plans for a new coal fired power station in Scotland. Reverend Ian Galloway, convener of the Kirk’s Church and Society Council, said he was “shocked” to see the proposals.

A church in Cheltenham is bulk buying energy monitors in a drive to shrink the carbon footprint of its congregation. The move is part of a growing eco-awareness within the churches. Click here to get your Owl energy monitor