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    Energy & Environment

    The latest Energy & Environment news from Civil Service World
    Wallace quits as committee attacks flagship
    08 Aug 2012 Energy & Environment
    Wallace quits as committee attacks flagship

    Moira Wallace, the permanent secretary of the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) resigned last month, days before a critical report by the Commons’ Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECC) was published. The report, which examined her department’s flagship Energy Bill, said that continued rows between DECC and the Treasury have made the policy “unworkable.”


    A long journey ahead - in baby steps
    11 Jul 2012 Energy & Environment
    A long journey ahead - in baby steps

    The fitting of small-scale renewable energy generation equipment on the government estate could help cut costs and reduce CO2 emissions. But Nick Schoon finds that nobody is leading on this potentially important agenda


    Fixing the roof while the rain falls
    30 Jun 2012 Energy & Environment
    Fixing the roof while the rain falls

    Squeezed between declining rainfall and a growing population, water supply is a growing environmental challenge. Stuart Watson examines how departments can increase their water-efficiency before supplies dry up


    ‘Compacts’ agreed to cut CO2 footprint of government purchases
    30 May 2012 Energy & Environment
    ‘Compacts’ agreed to cut CO2 footprint of government purchases

    Three ground-breaking ‘carbon compacts’ have been signed, bringing together the spending power of departments and private businesses in a bid to push suppliers into cutting carbon emissions.


    The customer is always right
    30 May 2012 Energy & Environment
    The customer is always right

    Suppliers are interested in low-carbon goods and services, but doubts over demand limit investment. Becky Slack examines carbon compacts, which demonstrate that customers really are hungry for eco-friendly supplies


    Opinion: Set decarbonisation targets in the Energy Bill
    05 May 2012 Energy & Environment
    Opinion: Set decarbonisation targets in the Energy Bill

    It's the UK’s only way out of the ‘energy trilemma’, says David Handley.


    British Waterways becomes a charity
    12 Apr 2012 Energy & Environment
    British Waterways becomes a charity

    The Canal & River Trust, the new name for British Waterways, has received charitable status from the Charity Commission.


    Interview: the select few
    22 Feb 2012 Energy & Environment
    Interview: the select few

    After nearly 22 months, the Commons select committees’ first elected chairs have had plenty of time to size up their Whitehall counterparts. Joshua Chambers asked them how the departments they watch have been performing


    Exclusive: Committee chairs criticise departmental report responses
    22 Feb 2012 Energy & Environment
    Exclusive: Committee chairs criticise departmental report responses

    Departmental select committee chairs have provided mixed reviews of the departments they scrutinise for a Civil Service World Special Report, which has found that 40 per cent of them are dissatisfied with departments’ responses to their reports.


    Interview: Robin Evans
    22 Feb 2012 Energy & Environment
    Interview: Robin Evans

    British Waterways chief Robin Evans has spent years campaigning for the public corporation to become a charitable trust. He tells Matt Ross why our canals are set to thrive outside the illusory security of government ownership


    Interview: Bronwyn Hill
    21 Sep 2011 Energy & Environment
    Interview: Bronwyn Hill

    For today’s civil servants, says Defra permanent secretary Bronwyn Hill, success rests on the ability to work across organisational boundaries. Suzannah Brecknell hears her explain her philosophy – with plenty of examples.


    Interview: Joan Walley
    02 Jun 2011 Energy & Environment
    Interview: Joan Walley

    In her role as chair of the environmental audit committee, Joan Walley MP is responsible for scrutinising cross-departmental work on sustainability. Edward Davie hears her take aim at the coalition's green performance.


    Interview: Mike Anderson
    11 Mar 2011 Energy & Environment
    Interview: Mike Anderson

    Broadening the focus of environmental monitoring, the PM is ‘mainstreaming’ sustainability into all management and policymaking. Suzannah Brecknell gets an explanation from Defra director-general Mike Anderson.


    Interview: Helen Ghosh
    06 Oct 2010 Energy & Environment
    Interview: Helen Ghosh

    At Defra, Helen Ghosh ditched Whitehall’s traditional departmental structure in favour of a fluid, project-based system. Now, she tells Matt Ross, we’re facing an even greater revolution in relations between the centre and the front line


    Interview: Tony Grayling
    21 Apr 2010 Energy & Environment
    Interview: Tony Grayling

    April saw the launch of a scheme which will result in departments paying tariffs for all their carbon emissions. The Environment Agency’s Tony Grayling tells Ruth Keeling about a radical move to improve sustainability


    10 Mar 2010 Energy & Environment
    Interview: Adrian Belton

    The Food and Environment Research Agency was launched with dreams of commercial development – into the teeth of the financial crisis. Chief executive Andrew Belton tells Ruth Keeling that he remains optimistic


    The good, the bad and the ugly
    09 Feb 2010 Energy & Environment
    The good, the bad and the ugly

    The latest figures show that government bodies are making patchy progress towards their 2010-11 targets for sustainable operations. Ruth Keeling examines both what’s helping them improve, and what’s holding them back.


    Interview: Jonathon Porritt
    27 Jan 2010 Energy & Environment
    Interview: Jonathon Porritt

    Having left the Sustainable Development Commission, veteran environment activist Jonathon Porritt can now speak freely on sustainability policy. Matthew O’Toole hears complaints that Whitehall has resisted change 


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