Energy & Environment

Lord Deben is as intrepid and combative an advocate for the environment as anyone concerned about climate change could want. Better known as John Gummer, the former environment minister and now chair of the Committee on Climate Change tells Geoffrey Lyons why the UK’s current climate trajectory is worrying, and how it will be affected by Trump and Brexit.

Consultation analysis underscores weight of organised opposition to Cameron-era proposals ditched by May regime

The 2017 Commercial Award went to a team who supported "22 feisty local authorities" to reduce waste through innovative technology and collaborative working. Naomi Larsson finds out more

New digital services will help Defra protect against environmental hazards and improve communication, it said

Initial planning was “optimistic”, resulting in missed milestones, report finds

Quartet of unions calls on body’s board members to assert their independence and ignore Treasury guidance to limit pay rises to 1-1.5%.

Sources warn of danger that doubling charge to 10p ‘looks like profiteering'

Northern Ireland's attorney general John Larkin is seeking “authoritative guidance” on decisions that can be taken by officials in absence of ministers

Natural Resources Wales has had its accounts qualified three times over “unlawful” contracts with a sawmill

Prospect union says non-departmental public body should not be subject to Treasury guidance for government departments

NICS challenge over High Court ruling to overturn incinerator planning decision rejected by Court of Appeal

Proposals include annual statement setting out the current state of fish stocks "based on the latest scientific evidence"

Committee on Climate Change report found reductions in greenhouse gas emissions have stalled in past five years

Team that delivered the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will continue to exist to support Theresa May as chair in office

MPs demand answers after reports the department favours weaker powers than those currently exercised by the European Commission

Department pledges to take more notice of green building certification and increase use of low-emission vehicles

NICS decision to approve waste incinerator in absence of executive overturned in court

At the first Civil Service World leadership lecture, Defra permanent secretary Clare Moriarty shared the four principles that inform her leadership style. Suzannah Brecknell reports

MPs urge Defra to admit it has an unmanageable workload and accuse DIT of lacking the capacity to do new trade deals

MPs criticise department for not knowing where to spend £7bn pump-priming cashpot

New mechanisms required to enable all four governments to jointly agree post-Brexit policy, according to think tank

Departmental advisor to secretary of state Michael Gove proposes move to tackle grey squirrel population

David Sterling tells inquiry his workforce cannot be expected to deliver beyond their resources and skills sets as power vacuum continues

Unprecedented report makes demands of six departments and calls for better oversight to ‘prevent policy from working at cross-purposes’