Michael Gove’s green dream: like Brexit, the reality awaits

Gove’s vision for the environment is undoubtedly ambitious but it is at odds with much government action – making it real will be a gargantuan taskWho knew? Environment secretary Michael Gove, arch Brexiter and seen just months ago grinning and thumbs up in eco-villain Donald Trump’s lair, turns out to be – in words, at least – a deep green.
His first major speech railed against “corporate greed and devil-take-the-hindmost individualism”, “extracti