Energy & Environment

MPs applaud departmental drive to secure longer-term funding to tackle poor maintenance

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

Prospect members protest at imposition of rejected 1.3% pay offer

Former director general for EU exit has been interim permanent secretary since April

After working on some of the first “green investment” schemes in the 1990s, Emma Howard Boyd has relished the chance to get closer to the action as chair of the Environment Agency. But, she tells Mark Smulian, she’s still keeping a keen eye on the money, as the agency strives to protect communities and businesses as well as people and plants

Registered pharmacies will be allowed to sell straws to people who need them for medical purposes after concern from disability rights groups

Job spec states that the candidate will be required to lead the shift from a policy department to a greater operational focus

International development committee says a major shift in aid spending is needed to match the "existential threat" of climate change

Deadline is achievable but requires a concerted push, including government backing for carbon capture and storage technologies, committee says

Committee report says legislation fails to ensure the Office for Environmental Protection will be truly independent

Environment secretary also reveals rising number of secondments from Natural England

Interim secretariat of 16 civil servants won't fulfil all of planned regulator's functions, environment secretary tells MPs

Unison says 1.3% pay offer from EA had been “unsurprisingly and overwhelmingly” rejected by staff