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Billions in Clean Energy Loans Go Unused as Coronavirus Ravages Economy

"As the government struggles to keep businesses afloat through the pandemic, the Trump administration is sitting on about $43 billion in low-interest loans for clean energy projects, and critics are accusing the Energy Department of partisan opposition to disbursing the funds."

Source: NYTimes, 05/01/2020

"Coronavirus Causes Delay in EPA’s Rule for Managing Wastewater"

"The EPA has been too busy responding to the deadly coronavirus to work on its long-awaited proposal to manage huge volumes of pathogen-infested sewage and stormwater during heavy rains, the agency’s top wastewater official said Wednesday."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/30/2020

Oil Execs On Trump’s ‘Opening The Country’ Council Are Major GOP Donors

"Eight fossil fuel executives tapped for a White House task force advising President Donald Trump on how to reopen the U.S. economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic have donated millions to Trump and other Republican campaigns and political committees in recent years."

Source: HuffPost, 04/30/2020

More Than 150 Groups Write Opposing EPA Coronavirus Enforcement Policy

"A coalition of more than 150 groups wrote to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to oppose a controversial memo in which the agency said it temporarily might not seek penalties against companies that don’t monitor their pollution."

Source: The Hill, 04/30/2020

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