Ed Davey
Mixed reception for new DEFRA secretary Michael Gove
Michael Gove has been appointed as secretary of state at DEFRA, prompting major concerns amongst environmental campaigners and opposition MPs. In a surprise return to the front bench, Gove will take the lead on pressing issues such as air pollution,…
Cameron reshuffles Conservative cabinet
DAVID CAMERON has announced his biggest reshuffle in the conservative office which sees Elizabeth Truss take over as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from Owen Patterson. …
The political print
IT’S BEEN four years since the coalition promised to become the “greenest government ever”. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and a lot has changed. It has gone from that statement…
Up to us to make UK the greenest ever
ANNUS HORRIBILIS is how George Monbiot, the environment writer, described 2012 in his first column of 2013. It was, he explained in the Guardian, the year we did our best to abandon the natural world. …
