Re-instate the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

In July Theresa May failed to appoint a Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, merging this role into one for "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy".

This undermines the UK's effort to tackle climate change and places a priority on the needs of business ahead of the environment.

The decision not to appoint a Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has been widely criticised by groups such as Friends of The Earth and Greenpeace, politicians and experts. The implication is that the UK commitment to acting on climate change has been downgraded and that there is no specific voice for climate change action in cabinet.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-department-killed-off-by-theresa-may-in-plain-stupid-and-deeply-worrying-move-a7137166.html

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Restore the Department of Energy and Climate Change

Timeline

15 Jul 2016	Petition opened for signatures
22 Jul 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Jul 2016

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