Energy & Environment

Government told to "get its house in order" on climate change

Department uncovered indecent images in routine check on press officer’s laptop

Food and rural affairs lead says Department for Climate Change and Natural Resources would spell the end for current environment ministry

Prime minister sets out priorities that also include a Budget after the UK leaves the EU

Staff bring out specialist equipment to fix breached river banks as response efforts focus on longer-term measures

As Mark Rowe explains, delivering on ministerial commitments will be a multi-generation task that requires a cross-government approach

Manifesto pledges include resurrecting department for climate change and creating a chief secretary for sustainability role in HM Treasury

The principles of privatisation are faltering, and – as a book by an ex-regulator makes clear – the right balance between intrusive control and free market initiative remains elusive

Agency update urges communities to prepare for flooding

Agency urges people to ‘remain vigilant, check their flood risk and plan to stay safe’ amid warnings of more rain to come

BEIS moratorium comes after energy watchdog says it cannot rule out earthquakes due to shale gas extraction

Treasury to publish report in 2020 setting out how costs of net-zero carbon emissions target should be distributed

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