Business Green: The Environment Agency has become the first government-backed body to effectively ban staff from taking domestic and short haul flights wherever there is a lower carbon alternative. The Agency said that it has already reduced business car mileage by 24 per cent over the past four years, but has now moved to beef up its green travel policy by barring staff from taking flights within England and Wales, or to destinations in Northern Europe served by Eurostar. The policy, which …