NPR • March 24, 2020
Clean energy and climate advocates say the huge stimulus bill Congress is negotiating should address not only the economy, but also climate change.But a split over that appears to have contributed to delays in passing the bill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday Democrats were filibustering the $1 trillion-plus bill hoping to include policies such as extending tax credits for solar and wind energy. Two trade groups, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), sent a joint letter to members of Congress last week saying that extending the credits "would allow our member companies to hire thousands of additional workers and inject billions in the U.S. economy."