Liz Truss shows little sign she is ready to meet big environmental challenges
by Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#6397B)
The new PM has not set out plans for reducing energy waste; instead she has talked of more oil and gas
Liz Truss faces a daunting array of environmental crises, from energy supply to sewage spills on British beaches, with little to show that she has the inclination to take them on.
Ben Goldsmith, the chair of the Conservative Environment Network, and a longtime green Tory who was a strong supporter of Boris Johnson, said of the UK's new prime minister and her defeated rival: Neither Truss nor Sunak has been known for their passion for nature. Neither has made a name for themselves as an environmental leader."
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