Decc

The chancellor is seeking an average of 25% cuts across government departments over the next four years, but with health and overseas aid protected from the worst reductions other departments such as Decc face cuts of up to a third.

Energy secretary Chris Huhne agrees funding cuts settlement Polly Curtis 2010

Last month, the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) announced a very similar £60m fund for ports and fabrication yards in England; Salmond said his larger fund will be "open for business immediately", while the Decc funds will become available next April.

Scotland launches £70m wind energy fund Severin Carrell 2010

Decc itself has estimated that 17% of the UK's unexploited oil and gas reserves may lie in this deepwater Atlantic area.

Shetland deepwater wells likely to be approved in face of Greenpeace action Terry Macalister 2010

BP, Chevron and Total of France are all pushing Decc to give permission for further drilling west of the Shetlands.

Shetland deepwater wells likely to be approved in face of Greenpeace action Terry Macalister 2010

US company Chevron will be first in line for permission to explore two prospects, with BP following, but Decc officials insisted last night that a decision had yet to be taken.

Shetland deepwater wells likely to be approved in face of Greenpeace action Terry Macalister 2010

Economic crisis has given the Treasury a stranglehold on Decc ministers' efforts to promote the green economy, and it is short-sightedly jeopardising the chances of Britain being a leading player in a field that can only grow.

Climate change: brownfield thinking | Editorial 2011

The Department of Energy and Climate Change Decc said: The government stands by its record on green policies over the last year to deliver the low-carbon economy, with progress on a whole host of areas and a lot more on the way: we are determined to make the UK the destination of choice for global low-carbon investment.

Coalition failing on majority of green pledges, analysis shows 2011

Particularly after home energy improvements were scaled back, subsidies for renewable energy and wildlife-friendly farming cut, the Green Investment Bank non-existent, and even the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) at stake.

Have the Conservatives gone from green to blue? Juliette Jowit in Birmingham 2010

"Decc is trying hard and doing good things," said Spencer.

Coalition failing on majority of green pledges, analysis shows 2011

On another occasion he told Harris that the prospect of Decc being absorbed into the Treasury was "total garbage".

Have the Conservatives gone from green to blue? Juliette Jowit in Birmingham 2010