Telegraph: In view of the uncertainty over the future direction of the British and the world economies, the timing of Ed Miliband’s announcement of new “green” targets was odd to say the least. The younger brother of the Foreign Secretary was only recently installed in the new post of Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. It might have been imagined that he would take stock of the extraordinary turmoil in the financial world before committing the country to further environmental measures. …