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Owen Paterson: fracking would be boon for poorest parts of the UK

16 Oct 2014: Former environment secretary’s comments ‘a reminder of just how out of touch the Tories are’, says Labour
Owen Paterson proposal to scrap Climate Change Act is 'bonkers'

13 Oct 2014: Former environment secretary does not understand the risks climate change poses, says Lord Stern
Young farmers: why agriculture is booming

4 Oct 2014: Long hours, intense physical labour, low pay and foxes in the hen house: who’d be a farmer today? A growing number, finds Bella Bathurst, as she enters a brave new world of drone tractors and designer sheep
Fracking is a toxic issue for Conservative party grassroots

8 Sep 2014:
From protest camps to packed-out town hall meetings, shale gas and fracking is a major issue in safe Tory seats
Sir Paul Nurse criticises those who distort scientific evidence

4 Sep 2014: Senior scientist urges peers to challenge influential figures who misuse science to support preconceived beliefs
Bee research tainted by corporate funding, MPs say

28 Jul 2014: Report warns against letting pesticide companies fund key research for government plan to boost pollinators
Is a Tea Party movement about to kick off in Britain?

22 Jul 2014: George Monbiot: Owen Paterson, the fallen environment secretary who fought the ‘green blob’ seems to contemplating a US-style insurgency
Ex-ministers get knighthoods while Ken Clarke is made Companion of Honour

22 Jul 2014: Alan Duncan, Hugh Robertson and Oliver Heald become 'sirs' while Clarke gets even more prestigious honour
In praise of… going gracefully

21 Jul 2014: Editorial: Amid the dark mutterings from other demoted cabinet ministers, David Willetts' generous welcome to his successor stands outx
What is the green blob, and what is it doing to poor environment ministers?

21 Jul 2014: Former minister Owen Patterson has an axe to grind, and it's not with David Cameron, the man who sacked him, but the environmental lobby
Abbott praised for fighting 'green blob' by former UK environment minister

21 Jul 2014: Australian leader has the courage to fight 'self-serving' green lobby, says sacked minister
I was sacked by David Cameron to appease 'the green blob', says Paterson

20 Jul 2014:
Former environment secretary suggests he was removed from cabinet because of 'powerful, self-serving' environmental lobby
Owen Paterson culled: badgers rejoice

17 Jul 2014: Next up, mortality of new environment secretary Liz Truss in the balance as animals brief extends to man in lap and flies at court
Ban neonicotinoids now – to avert another silent spring

15 Jul 2014: George Monbiot: This pesticide is destroying life across the natural world: the evidence cannot be denied. Only a global moratorium will stop it
Is the new Tory cabinet an improvement on the old one?

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