Michael Gove

Green Alliance's Libby Peake resists the temptation to yell at the Today programme and instead explains how action to protect the environment benefits the economy

BusinessGreen offers an at a glance guide to all the key policies, targets, pledges and statements set out in Defra's long-awaited environmental plan

Plans for new plastic bottle deposit scheme and extensions to bag levy expected in Prime Minister's first major speech on the environment

Calls for government to boost natural environment follow promises from Michael Gove that post-Brexit subsidy reforms will incentivise environmentally friendly farming

Michael Gove's speech to the Oxford Farming Conference confirms he has sided with green campaigners in the debate on the future of agricultural subsidies, but can he now deliver on his bold vision?

Environment Secretary will today tell farmers that the Common Agricultural Policy will be replaced by a new subsidy regime that incentivises environmentally friendly practices

Defra Secretary Michael Gove's speech to Oxford Farming Conference 2018 - in full

Food Waste Reduction Fund will provide cash for charities that redirect surplus food to those in need

Environmental Audit Committee calls for national deposit return scheme for plastic bottles and for more of the financial burden for plastic recycling to be shifted onto industry

Environment secretary's action plan, due in new year, may include plastic bottle deposit scheme and standardised recycling policy