New honours and peerages are announced just minutes before polls closed in the general election.
Former minister Sir Alok Sharma says he will not vote for plans to guarantee annual oil and gas licensing rounds.
The Tory MP for Reading West had criticised Rishi Sunak's watering down of key green policies.
A threatened rebellion from Tory MPs is averted, as the process for allowing new wind farms is streamlined.
Ex-PM Liz Truss is among more than 20 Tories backing a move to force ministers to ease rules in England.
Some Tories are among those who fear jobs could move elsewhere if the government is not ambitious enough.
Chris Bryant and Julian Lewis are among the political figures recognised in the New Year Honours list.
Alok Sharma says the King has been a champion of the environment and other countries want him to attend COP27.
World leaders need to quicken the pace if they are going to fulfil their commitments made at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, its president says.
