Green groups should embrace, not bemoan, the merger of DECC and BIS

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Richard Howard at Policy Exchange argues that the decision to axe DECC opens up more opportunities than it closes down

As of yesterday afternoon, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is no more. It has been merged with BIS into a new department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, with Greg Clark...

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