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Trusses also have announcing her cabinet. Jacob Rees-Mogg is now Secretary of State at the Department of Commerce, Energy and Industry. The North Somerset MP previously served as Brexit Opportunities Minister.He has previously accused “Climate alarmist” high energy prices.
This led then-Prime Minister David Cameron to cut support for solar, wind and energy efficiency incentives, which have since been be found Added £150 to each energy bill.
Rebecca Newsom, head of politics at Greenpeace UK, said: “Reece Mogg was the last person to be in charge of the energy briefing, at the worst of times. The appointment of him to the briefing now shows that the Conservatives have not learned from years of energy policy Nothing can be learned from incompetence.”
Rees-Mogg also expressed support for more oil and gas extraction from the North Sea.
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Earlier this year, he told LBC radio: “We need to think about every cubic inch of gas we extract from the North Sea. We won’t get to net zero tomorrow – 2050 is a long way off. In the meantime, we’re going to need fossil fuels. We should [use] We’ve got ours. “
Dave Timms, head of political affairs at Friends of the Earth, said: “Having the man who recently suggested ‘every drop’ of oil should be extracted from the North Sea be responsible for energy policy has left anyone worried about a deepening climate emergency Deeply concerned. , addressing the cost of living crisis and reducing fuel bills permanently.
“Extracting more fossil fuels is the wrong way to solve the energy crisis.”
However, Truss also appointed Graham Stewart as climate minister and confirmed that he would be participating in cabinet meetings. The MP for Beverley and Holderness was previously the secretary of state for the Office of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development.
Stewart supports bolder climate action, opposes climate skepticism his own partyWas a member of the bipartisan MPs’ Environmental Audit Committee that reviewed government environmental action and chaired GLOBE International, a bipartisan network of MPs founded by then Senators John Kerry and Al Gore, and a member of the European Parliament Improve sustainability governance.
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Meanwhile, North Hampshire MP Ranil Ranil Jayawardena has been elected as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, replacing George Eustice. He served as Minister of International Trade under Truss.
In a blog post on his website earlier this year, he said: “Economic growth and respect for the planet are never opposites.”
He founded and chaired the cross-party parliamentary group on endangered species, adding: “I have and will continue to work tirelessly to ensure animal welfare remains on the agenda”.
Kwasi Kwarteng is now Prime Minister. He was transferred from the Ministry of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), where he was minister. Before becoming MP for Spelthorne, he worked as a financial analyst.
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In May, he dismissed protests by Green Deal New Rising and Stop Cambo, tweet: “Shout as much as you want, but I won’t endanger the UK’s energy security by shutting down domestic oil and gas production. We’ll need oil and gas for decades to come. We’ll either buy more of what we need from the North Sea , or import more from abroad.”
However, he also has taken to social media Support renewable energy as a solution to the energy cost crisis. “The more cheap, clean electricity we produce domestically, the less vulnerable we are to the eye-popping fossil fuel prices set by global markets beyond our control.”
Suella Braverman has been appointed Home Secretary. She has received £10,000 from a company owned by leading climate deniers to back her bid for Tory leadership, according to the latest update on climate change. Register of Members’ Interests.
Activists XR marks the announcement of the new government and the launch of its September uprisingIt sent out a spoof press release from BEIS announcing plans to hold a citizens’ assembly to address “climate and cost” issues, and sent out a bus it claimed was Truss driving the rally around Westminster.
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Catherine Early is a freelance environmental reporter and lead reporter ecologist. She tweets at @Cat_Early76.
