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ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS:ONE OF THE UK’s ethically minded travel agents, Responsibletravel.com, is to scrap its carbon-offsetting facility.

The company, which was one of the first to offer its customers a way to reduce the environmental impact of their journeys, in 2002, has said ecological concerns are the main reason for the rethink.