Defra

Recycling minister predicts rate will rise further, but warns against complacency

Freedom of information papers reveal mayor ignored a 2009 request to 'keep the congestion charge and other initiatives'

Lord Taylor reveals Defra is considering agreement with councils to drive plastic recycling

DECC and Defra pay for new supercomputers as new research links industrial air pollution and "natural" disasters

Vessels fitted with surveillance cameras discarded just 0.2 per cent of sole and cod compared to 28-38 per cent UK average

Environment Minister tells businesses to develop specific adaptation plans for climate change impacts

Government statement says ministers need more time to consider a policy almost universally supported by businesses

Government must reveal policy today, while proposals to simplify much-criticised Carbon Reduction Commitment should also be published

Environment secretary confirms £1.8m extension to last year's National Ecosystem Assessment

NGOs celebrate after Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman “stood her ground” under pressure from Treasury to curtail habitat protections