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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 12, 20241 min read
The Chagos Islands. On environmental protection, we must not surrender our sovereignty.
It is shameful that the Government is giving away our sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. It threatens Western security by...
Oct 9, 20243 min read
Protecting and planting trees
A briefing for councillors wanting to protect and plant more trees in their local area.
Oct 5, 20249 min read
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...
Oct 4, 20241 min read
Simon Lamb: Green conservatism should be the launchpad for renewal
Simon Lamb | CEN blog
Oct 1, 20243 min read
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 29, 20243 min read
James Cleverly: Conserving is in our name and nature, so let’s champion it.
James Cleverly | CEN blog
Sep 28, 20244 min read
Tom Tugendhat: My mission is clear - the happiness and prosperity of the British people. This means taking the threats to our environment seriously.
Tom Tugendhat | CEN blog
Sep 28, 20243 min read
A textiles EPR scheme can make businesses responsible for the waste they produce
Second hand clothes may have gone mainstream - but we still have a long way to go to fix our textile waste problem, writes Baroness...
Sep 25, 20244 min read
Let’s create a new generation of conservative environmentalists
Elliott Malik | CEN blog
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Seeing red or going green? Why a new Conservative leader must respond to Labour’s promises with environmental conservatism
George Burton | CEN blog
Sep 16, 20242 min read
‘Keep farming budget intact’
The former Cabinet ministers added that although such schemes were becoming “increasingly popular”, the reported Labour cutbacks meant...
Sep 10, 20241 min read
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, 20241 min read
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, 20241 min read
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...
Sep 10, 20242 min read
Sep 9, 20241 min read
The Scottish Conservative leadership contenders answer our questions
Russell Findlay, Meghan Gallacher, and Murdo Fraser | CEN blog
Sep 6, 20245 min read
Electric vehicles aren’t the future. They’re the present.
Steve Forster | CEN blog
Sep 4, 20243 min read
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