Responding to Theresa May’s speech on the environment, and the government’s 25 year plan, Bristol’s Green MEP, Molly Scott Cato said:

“The Tories plans are a tiny drop in a plastic filled ocean. Of course action to reduce plastic waste is welcome, but this provides a useful diversion from the many government policies that are trashing the environment. In particular the £5bn in subsidies to fossil fuels since 2010 and kick-starting a whole new fossil industry in fracking.