David Cameron gives top environment policy job to oil man ahead of major climate talks

Environmentalists have criticised a decision to appoint a former consultant to major oil and gas companies as David Cameron’s key adviser on energy and environment policy.

Stephen Heidari-Robinson, a little-known consultant from oilfield services company Schlumberger, arrives in Downing Street just months before the prime minister is expected to attend the UN’s global climate change summit which begins in Paris in December.

A Number 10 spokesman confirmed the appointment of Heidari-Robinson, who started in the job this week .... http://www.theguardian.com