Truss’s policy on environment seems to be: don’t think about it

Conservative delegates booed Greenpeace protesters when they interrupted Liz Truss’s speech on Wednesday, accusing her of ‘shredding’ manifesto pledges on the environment. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

In the middle of Liz Truss’s speech, at the end of a chaotic and divisive conference, a protest by Greenpeace activists was perhaps inevitable given the frustration and concern that has been brewing among environmentalists over the direction of government policy.

The prime minister’s words will have only heightened their anxiety.