House Democrats unveiled a huge, new coronavirus relief package that would inject more than $3 trillion into state and local governments, health systems and other parts of the economy rocked by the coronavirus pandemic . But absent are any new policies to boost renewable forms of energy and wean the country off of fossil fuels that could gum up passing the massive package expected to receive a vote on Friday. Green groups and Democrats on the party’s left flank are growing increasingly frustrated their environmental priorities are being sidelined by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her lieutenants when trying to stabilized the economy with their sprawling 1,800 -page bill . The activists appreciate efforts to ensure electric and water utilities don’t shut off service and to send a second round of stimulus checks to those who need them. But they are irked the bill doesn’t […]

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