UK climate adviser calls government ‘hypocrites’ on new North Sea oil and gas

The UK’s Climate Change Committee Chairman has accused the government of hypocrisy over North Sea oil and gas expansion

Lord Deben
Lord Deben hit by conflict of interest claims

A newspaper investigation claims the peer’s private firm has received £600,000 from green businesses

‘Mad Cow’ MP tipped for top climate job

One-time Environment Secretary John Gummer, who famously fed his child a burger at the height of the BSE crisis in 1990, is tipped to take over as chair of the Committee on Climate Change. Now known as Lord Deben, the former Conservative MP has been selected as the preferred candidate to succeed Lord Turner as […]