Rejected petition Keep a named department for climate change

The scrapping of the Department for Energy and Climate Change is deeply worrying, especially at such a critical time for the climate and the UK's climate change action. It signifies that climate change is dangerously low on the agenda of Theresa May's government; we strongly urge her to reconsider.

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http://www.neweconomics.org/blog/entry/we-cant-afford-to-scrap-the-department-of-energy-and-climate-change

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/161489

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Date submitted 14 July 2016
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