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Category Archives: Liz Truss
Truss and the Attack on Nature
How long ago it seems when I was writing my last blog considering what impact a Liz Truss prime ministerial reign might look like. Now, just a few weeks later we have a clearer idea – and the vision is … Continue reading
Will Prime Minister Truss abandon Johnson’s Green Legacy
It’s a long time since I’ve written anything remotely long form – as opposed to the extremely short form of a tweet, occasionally extending to a thread, which might add up to 3000 characters, perhaps 300 words. This has been … Continue reading
Posted in Liz Truss, Uncategorized
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Miliband and Truss combine to declare EU best for climate action. #EUreferendum
Ed Miliband surfaced from the political ocean depths today, to join forces with Liz Truss. There’s a sentence I never expected to write. With Caroline Lucas and former LibDem energy minister Ed Davey, they have … Continue reading
Posted in Birds Directive, dogs, EU referendum, greenspace, housing, Liz Truss, lowland heathland
Tagged cats., EU referendum, Liz Truss, lowland heathland, Michael Gove
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Food or Floods?
So much has been written about the recent flooding, that I have resisted the temptation to jump in with size 12 boots; not least because, so far, we have escaped the worst of it in the south-west. However, I read … Continue reading
Posted in deregulation, Dieter Helm, farming, flooding, Kerry McCarthy, Liz Truss
Tagged Catchment Management, Dieter Helm, flooding, Kerry mcCarthy, Natural Capital
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More golden balls from Defra: You are spoiling us, Rural Ambassador!
We may have been led to believe that the avalanche of Government announcements on “take out the trash day” last Friday, signalled the end of “work” for the year, but today holds one further surprise. As reported in the Telegraph, … Continue reading
Natural England steps into the Tumbrel
Liz Truss has apparently already agreed to a 32% cut to the Defra budget for the 4 years from 2016-17 onwards. This impressive feat allows her to sit on the panel which resides over the imposition of cuts on other, … Continue reading
Posted in Defra, George Osborne, Liz Truss, Natural England, SSSis
Tagged cuts, Defra, George Osborne, Liz Truss, Natural England, SSSIs
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Beavers: Common Sense may have broken out at Defra
The Beavers of the River Otter in Devon have been under threat of being “rehomed” in a zoo, thanks to pressure from The Angling Trust (no beavers do not eat fish). This was partly due to paranoia that the beavers … Continue reading
Posted in angling, badgers, Beavers, bees, Defra, Liz Truss, Owen Paterson
Tagged badgers, beavers, Bees, Liz Truss, Owen Paterson
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Liz Truss gases on about Solar Farms, ignores threat from Maize.
The new Environment Secretary Liz Truss has led a charge against solar farms recently, announcing that they should not be used on productive farmland, which is there to produce food. She called them “a blight on the landscape” and announced … Continue reading
Posted in biogas, Liz Truss, Maize, Solar Farms, Somerset Levels, Uncategorized
Tagged Biogas, Liz Truss, Maize, Renewable Energy, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Solar Farms
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