Papers assess green plan fallout

The government's strategy to cut carbon emissions by a third in the next decade has received a mixed reaction in the British newspapers.

TheFinancial Times reports that industry's energy bills are likely to rise by nearly a fifth.

The Guardian speaks of ministers seizing control of key levers in the energy sector in an attempt to kick start a "stalling green revolution".

The Daily Telegraph warns of over reliance on wind power.

The Daily Mail leads with the failure of the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to force a review of the extradition laws.

Incensed

Gary McKinnon, who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, is fighting extradition to the US where would face trial for computer hacking.

The Mail is incensed that 74 Labour MPs who had previously backed Mr McKinnon voted with the Government.

"Betrayed by spineless MPs" is the paper's verdict.

Some of the UK's leading children's authors will stop visiting schools from September in protest over a scheme to protect children against paedophiles.

'Poisonous'

Figures such as Philip Pullman, Anne Fine and Anthony Horowitz have all told theIndependent they object to having their names on the database.

Mr Pullman calls the new policy "corrosive and poisonous to every kind of healthy social interaction".

Mr Horowitz describes the measure as "ludicrous and insane".

"Holiday hell on the roads" is the main headline in the Daily Express.

It says millions of motorists are facing a "long summer of chaos", with over half of England's motorway system "crippled" by roadworks.

The Guardian says the first man on the moon , Neil Armstrong, will stay away from a NASA event marking the 40th anniversary of that "small step".

Yet Mr Armstrong's biographer claims his aversion to the spotlight is the reason why he was chosen for that role.