September 9, 2016
BY Erin Voegele
Newly appointed U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has abolished the U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change. The functions of the department will be transferred to other government departments, including the newly formed Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for which Greg Clark has been appointed secretary.
The abolishment of the DECC is part of a larger ministerial overhaul implemented by May shortly after she was appointed to replace former Prime Minister David Cameron. Cameron officially announced his resignation July 11 and was replaced by May on July 13. He first indicated he would leave his post as prime minister immediately after the June 23 Brexit referendum, in which the U.K. voted 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent to leave the European Union.
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