In the media

Media coverage of the Conservative Environment Network's campaigns, events and proposals.

Oct 24

If money’s tight, why waste it on futile GB Energy?

The fiscal pain of this Budget will be worse because of needless GB energy, writes Conservative Environment Network director Sam Hall....

Oct 22

Labour blasted over farming Brexit betrayal ahead of looming budget

Labour’s plans to axe £100million from the budget of a key farming fund would be “a short sighted act of self harm”, a Tory MP has...

Oct 21

Cutting nature-friendly farming budget would be act of self harm, say Tory MPs

Conservative MPs have urged the Government not to cut the budget for nature-friendly farming, saying it would harm food security and...

Oct 19

Labour risks breaking manifesto pledge by Budget cut to farming fund

The Government risks breaching its manifesto promises if it cuts a flagship farming fund at the Budget, critics have claimed. The...

Oct 17

Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick urged to set out plans for environment

Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick have been urged to set out their plans for bold environmental action. The Conservative Environment...

Oct 17

Green Tories urge leadership candidates to set out ‘strong environmental platform’

A network of Conservative politicians have urged the two remaining party leadership candidates to set out a ‘strong environmental...

Oct 14

Tories warn of 'environmental disaster' in Chagos Islands with pristine ocean habitats left 'at the mercy of China' after Keir Starmer ceded sovereignty to Mauritius

Handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius would leave a 'pristine marine ecosystem' at the mercy of China, senior Tories warn today. They...

Oct 12

Why Labour’s Chagos handover is a win for China – and a disaster for the ecosystem

John Flesher, the deputy director of the Conservative Environment Network, agrees. “Many will rightly fear China’s clear desire to...

Oct 4

Labour's surrender of Chagos Islands risks world's largest marine protected area, warn MPs

John Flesher, deputy director of the Conservative Environment Network, said: “The government’s shameful decision to hand over British...

Sep 29

Tackling climate change requires Conservative values

One hundred and forty-two years after the world’s first coal power plant opened on London’s Holborn Viaduct, the UK’s last operational...

Sep 28

Amber Rudd urges Tory leadership hopefuls to pursue net zero

Sep 10

Government warned of ‘massive own goal’ if it fails to deliver on farming budget

In a letter to the Telegraph, former Conservative environment secretaries and ministers including Michael Gove and Therese Coffey have...

Sep 10

Farming budget cuts ‘could cost jobs and scupper net zero’

Meanwhile, Michael Gove and Rebecca Pow are among nine former environment and farming ministers who said a potential £100 million cut...

Sep 10

Don't cut nature-friendly farm fund, urge Tories

Four former Conservative environment secretaries have warned the government against cutting a fund that pays farmers in England to plant...

Aug 20

Tory environmentalists put one candidate ahead of all others - but big question remains

Green Tories have had their say on who should be the next leader of the party. While one candidate has a strong lead, the survey reveals...

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