Truss' War On Nature Enraged Even Her Own Party: How Do The Other Tory Hacks Stack Up?
Liz Truss has fought a “war on nature” unique in recent British politics, managing within a few short weeks to incur the wrath of conservation groups with more than 8 million members, foreign governments, climate activists and members of her own party. Her successor may be expected to learn from this chastening experience and adopt a less confrontational attitude.
They will also face some key early decisions: Cop27 starts on 6 November, when the UK will hand over presidency of the global UN climate talks to Egypt. Truss raised eyebrows in capitals across the world when she refused to say whether she would attend, and her barring King Charles from going got an even worse reaction. The new prime minister could repair the damage by confirming attendance and reversing the decision on the King. Also imminent is a decision on a potential new coalmine in Cumbria, a key test of the government’s target to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
Truss provoked the rage of the RSPB, National Trust and Wildlife Trusts, as well as scores of other groups, by threatening to rip up more than 570 rules inherited from the EU on environmental protection. She proposed new investment zones with minimal regulation, scrapping the new farming payment system and restarting fracking.
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Cutting energy use will be essential to keeping the lights on this winter, and renewable energy is up to nine times cheaper than gas at present, so measures that increase efficiency and spur more clean energy production will pay off rapidly. But Truss binned a proposed public information campaign on energy saving and refused to address insulation for Britain’s draughty homes, despite expert advice that this would be the surest way to bring down bills. She also sought to block the development of solar farms.
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/21/how-green-tory-leadership-candidates-liz-truss-environment