I have spent much of this Parliament working to improve the state of our rivers, both as an individual MP and as chairman of the Environmental Audit Committee. (I write today in the former rather than the latter capacity.)
This week the Prime Minister committed to hundreds of new North Sea oil and gas licences, alongside development of two carbon capture clusters. An Energy Summit was held to discuss how £100bn of investor capital can be mobilised to develop UK energy security, including meeting our renewable energy targets.
Philip Dunne, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, writes for the Daily Express.
The heat wave we are experiencing is squeezing our precious water supplies. Schools have even closed their doors after taps ran dry because demand for water outstripped supply.