Energy & Environment

Fears remain over the independence of proposed Office for Environmental Protection

NAO finds £32.7m of public spending so far, but BEIS says full calculation of costs to back shale gas extraction would not yet be "meaningful"

Lond-awaited energy white paper finally on its way, business secretary tells MPs

Johnson will chair panel to spearhead cross-departmental approach on environmental protection

Agency chief says staff are “under no illusion about the scale of the challenge”

From the storm of no-deal Brexit preparation to the headwinds of regulatory reform, Tamara Finkelstein walked into a squall when she took on the top job at Defra. But she tells Beckie Smith she is determined to create a more hospitable environment

Lobby group warns department’s solar-power rollout stats are a hindrance to net-zero ambitions

Requiring households to have up to six refuse bins will be expensive to deliver and tough to enforce, committee warns

Sir Ian Boyd gives warning days before his departure as Defra chief scientist

Former civil servant Steve O'Neil takes a fresh look at the appliance of science at the heart of government

Henderson will succeed Sir Ian Boyd in October

Government climate change policies need "strong leadership and coordination at the centre", Committee on Climate Change says