This is the transcript of the presentation which didn’t seem to find a resonance with the audience It covers the commitment to leaving the environment better than they found it, 25 year plans, red tape, resilience etc. Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom addresses the Oxford Farming Conference 2017. Defra ‘For an industry that’s been around as […]
Andrea Leadsom to her credit has given evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) and the Environment & Rural Affairs committee (EFRA) over the last two weeks. The video is there for both appearances. There is plenty of wriggle room left for interpretation in the words she uses. Anyone thinking that the Great Repeal Bill […]
50 organisations contribute to the 2016 State of Nature report More than one in 10 of the UK’s wildlife species are threatened with extinction and the numbers of the nation’s most endangered creatures have plummeted by two-thirds since 1970, according to a major report. The abundance of all wildlife has also fallen, with one in […]
July 21st Update. This was carried first in Marine News on Tuesday July 19th – the updates including Junior Ministers are in dark blue Andrea Leadsom has been made the SoS for the Environment and there are mixed views on her suitability for this. Farm payments a major priority In line with other May appointments […]
A mixed week for news from UK Government on moving towards a low carbon economy. On the one hand the news of the zero emission goal and then in the budget the further support for the Oil & Gas industry. The IMF estimates this support to be worth £26 billion a year. Business Green: ‘Energy […]
Business Green: ‘Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom says net zero Paris goal will be written into UK law following advice from the Committee on Climate Change in the autumn. The government has promised to enshrine a key Paris commitment to deliver a ‘net-zero’ emission economy into UK law, Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom told the House of […]