environment and climate change Articles

On Monday, along with Huw Irranca-Davies MP, I visited the new Welsh Coastal Path near Cardiff to meet with former Welsh environment minister Jane Davidson and the Tiger Bay Ramblers.  The path was officially opened on 5 May and fulfils a long-held ambition of Welsh...

Energy is a difficult issue for the UK. Not only are there the competing needs to keep the lights on and at the same time tackle climate change, there are also pressures from the energy industry to secure their profits and from consumers to keep energy prices low. But...

Last week was going to be the week that David Cameron finally revealed himself to be leading the greenest government ever.  According to advance media stories, the prime minister was to announce ‘a major policy intervention’ and end his silence on green issues in a...

It is a fact universally acknowledged that the moment any government minister announces a hosepipe ban the heavens open and we get days of unending rain. The drought in parts of England, however, is just the latest example of a long-standing policy failure to properly...