"Jacob Rees-Mogg, who likes fossil fuels, is the last person who should be managing the climate"

Jacob Rees-Mogg is now Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy after Liz Truss became PM (

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In traditional conservative style, it took a few good days to bury the bad news.

The Queen's death has rightly overshadowed all aspects of British life.

But it has also diverted attention from some of the more worrying aspects of new Prime Minister Liz Truss' appointments.

Fossil fuel lover Jacob Rees-Mogg is now Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and is frankly the last person who should be in charge of climate.

He is the man who once said that "carbon dioxide emissions have increased but the effect of climate remains debated", and said that the reopening of shale gas sites was "an opportunity interesting".

Prime Minister Liz Truss with members of her new cabinet (

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He blamed 'climate alarmism' for high energy bills, pushing David Cameron to 'reduce green crap' like solar, wind and energy incentives, which added £150 to each energy bill.

He also likened fracking threats to ‘falling rocks in a disused coal mine’, and in 2014 was referred to the parliamentary standards watchdog for failing to disclose his interests in Somerset Capital.

The company has invested millions of pounds in fossil fuel, mining and tobacco companies. Oh, and he recently said that "the last drop" of oil should be extracted from the North Sea.

Next is Steve Baker, who once said "we are threatened by extreme politics" and accused climate activists of "terrifying children".

He will now serve as Deputy Minister in the Northern Ireland Office.