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Abolition of Decc 'major setback for UK's climate change efforts'
2016-07-15 09:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The abolition of the Department of Energy and Climate Change has been condemned by former ministers as a major setback to British efforts to combat global warming. Decc was closed in a series of sweeping changes to the government unveiled by the new prime minister, Theresa May, on Thursday. Its functions, which include representing the UK at international climate talks, responsibility for meeting carbon targets and levying subsidies for green energy, have been transferred to a beefed-up business...
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