Sentences with phrase «environment secretary warns»

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Environment secretary faces calls for his resignation, as Green campaigners warn that a climate change sceptic should not be in post during extreme weather events

He singled out Owen Paterson, the Environment Secretary, warning that he is trying to «cull» wind turbines.»

People need to begin preparing for the effects of climate change now, the environment secretary has warned.

The environment secretary also warns that his party must «renew» its style as well as its policies and find new ways of connecting with voters if it is to achieve a fourth victory.

The environment secretary faced calls for his resignation today, as Green campaigners warned that a climate change sceptic should not be left at Cabinet level during extreme weather conditions.

In May, a group of Kenyan forestry experts, including the conservation secretary of the country's Environment Ministry, warned that the mathenge tree could be at risk of extinction if the cogeneration plant's need for local biomass leads to overharvesting of the trees.

Late last month, John Houghton, chairman of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, wrote to environment secretary John Gummer suggesting that he had misunderstood the rationale behind the early warning system, called Genhaz.

Britain will struggle to «keep the lights on» unless the Government changes its green energy policies, the former environment secretary will warn this week.

The conference opened with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Margaret Beckett, warning that «a significant impact» from global warming «is already inevitable».