Ed Davey

  • Mixed reception for new DEFRA secretary Michael Gove

    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,… Read More

  • 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.                    … Read More

  • 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… Read More

  • 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.          … Read More