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Liz Truss

'Let's get going'? Green economy urged to prepare for Brexit, but huge uncertainties remain
'Let's get going'? Green economy urged to prepare for Brexit, but huge uncertainties remain

As government launches Brexit PR offensive and news emerges of new lorry parks in Kent, many questions remain unanswered on the future of green standards and governance

  • Policy
  • 13 July 2020
New Trade and Agriculture Commission fuels green group's post-Brexit fears
New Trade and Agriculture Commission fuels green group's post-Brexit fears

Government insists new group will help ensure 'environmental standards in food production are not undermined', but big green NGOs appear to have been frozen out of influential body

  • Policy
  • 10 July 2020
Currying favour: Concerns rise over threat to UK food standards from US trade deal
Currying favour: Concerns rise over threat to UK food standards from US trade deal

As XR activists block roads into Westminster, Defra fears the UK may also be blocking chances of an EU trade deal by compromising with the US on environmental standards

  • Policy
  • 07 October 2019
Fears for green projects as Liz Truss calls for cull of 'white elephant' capital spending
Fears for green projects as Liz Truss calls for cull of 'white elephant' capital spending

Chief Secretary to the Treasury suggests low-carbon projects could be in Treasury cross hairs as part of capital spending review

  • Policy
  • 07 January 2019
Number 10 denies government is planning to merge Departments for Business, Transport, and Culture
Number 10 denies government is planning to merge Departments for Business, Transport, and Culture

But Sun reports suggest proposal for new 'super-ministry' is under consideration, prompting fears climate change would slip down government priority list

  • Politics
  • 03 January 2019
Liz Truss slams Michael Gove's plastic and air pollution policies
Liz Truss slams Michael Gove's plastic and air pollution policies

Defra's planned controls on plastic straws and wood burning stove attract the ire of Truss, herself a former environment secretary

  • Policy
  • 27 June 2018
Truss and Corbyn blame Storm Desmond on climate change as spending row escalates
Truss and Corbyn blame Storm Desmond on climate change as spending row escalates

Labour leader and Environment Secretary link floods to global warming, as government bows to pressure and pledges extra money for flood-stricken councils

  • Risk
  • 08 December 2015
The business case for biodiversity? Ask a caveman

The private sector should step up in the absence of government leadership on biodiversity, argues John Alker

  • Policy
  • 21 October 2015
Liz Truss: 'My ambition is for Britain to have the best natural environment anywhere'
Liz Truss: 'My ambition is for Britain to have the best natural environment anywhere'

Liz Truss' Open Environment speech - in full

  • Biodiversity
  • 15 October 2015
Britain's forests, soil and rivers worth £1.6tn, says environment secretary
Britain's forests, soil and rivers worth £1.6tn, says environment secretary

Liz Truss says putting price tag on environment would help decision-making by businesses and government

  • Policy
  • 15 October 2015
Conservative Party Conference green speeches - Live Blog

BusinessGreen keeps you up-to-date on the latest speeches from Amber Rudd, Liz Truss, and George Osborne

  • Politics
  • 05 October 2015
Who will get Tory government's top energy and environment jobs?
Who will get Tory government's top energy and environment jobs?

Industry insiders speculate on the next Energy, Climate and Environment Ministers who will face a series of crucial policy decisions this year

  • Politics
  • 08 May 2015
Labour pushes government to end confusion over redacted fracking report
Labour pushes government to end confusion over redacted fracking report

Environment Secretary Liz Truss argues controversial report was 'not analytically robust', as she again blocks calls to publish unredacted version

  • Politics
  • 29 January 2015
The national interest demands it, let's ban golf courses

Liz Truss' campaign to boost UK food security is heading for the bunker, unless she moves urgently to tackle the golf blight

  • Politics
  • 05 November 2014
Voluntary measures alone cannot solve the pollinator problem

Labour's Barry Gardiner warns that the government's new pollinator strategy does not go nearly far enough

  • Politics
  • 04 November 2014
Liz Truss: "A healthy environment is integral to a healthy economy"
Liz Truss: "A healthy environment is integral to a healthy economy"

Environment Secretary's key-note speech unveiling the government's new Pollinator Strategy

  • Biodiversity
  • 04 November 2014
UK government to pay farmers to protect bees and pollinators

New strategy includes finance to maintain habitats, as Environment Secretary warns further fall in insect numbers could push up food prices

  • Biodiversity
  • 04 November 2014
Labour slams Liz Truss' latest 'ideological' cuts to solar farms
Labour slams Liz Truss' latest 'ideological' cuts to solar farms

Shadow Environment Secretary Maria Eagle says government made latest decision with 'no underpinning evidence just an ideological prejudice'

  • Policy
  • 30 October 2014
Seven questions for Liz Truss' solar farm crackdown

Defra's plans to reduce CAP payments for farmers installing solar arrays raise more questions than answers

  • Solar
  • 21 October 2014
Liz Truss accused of trying to woo UKIP voters with 'minute' solar subsidy cuts
Liz Truss accused of trying to woo UKIP voters with 'minute' solar subsidy cuts

Solar and farming industries slam Environment Secretary for 'misguided' attack on solar farm developments

  • Policy
  • 21 October 2014

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