Concern about New UK Prime Minister’s Commitment to Renewable Energy

(Bioenergy Insight) Liz Truss was officially appointed as prime minister of the UK on 6 September. Her ascension to the role pits her against a cost-of-living crisis - perhaps most prominently fuelled by soaring gas costs, as Russia responds to western sanctions imposed upon it following its invasion of Ukraine.

Truss, who has been described as a political chameleon due to changing allegiances over the years - as a student at Oxford University she called for the abolition of the monarchy, and she was a staunch supporter of Britain remaining in the EU before pivoting her stance following the 2016 referendum result - has expressed less-than-warm support for green policies. Her appointment of Jacob Rees-Mogg, who has previously said he wanted to extract “every last cubic inch of gas” from the North Sea and re-start fracking, as Business Secretary, has alarmed environmentalists. READ MORE