Rejected petition Reverse the merger of the departments for climate change and business

Theresa May has scrapped the department for energy and climate change, merging it with the department for business, skills and innovation. The severity of the consequences of climate change means that it requires its own department, unhampered by the interests of business.

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http://www.wired.co.uk/article/department-for-energy-climate-change-merged-with-business-innovation-skills

https://next.ft.com/content/ad0f0833-340d-3184-99fd-0cc15ae4fec7

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

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Date submitted 16 July 2016
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