September 9, 2011
Policy and Enforcement Briefing: Unspent Stimulus, Chorus of Criticism over Ozone, NY Fracking Study
About one-third of the money authorized for an energy efficiency program in the 2009 economic stimulus bill has not yet been spent despite promises to immediately create green jobs, a government audit found, according to The Associated Press. Energy Department Inspector General Gregory Friedman said the unspent $879 million, of an original $2.7 billion, frustrates the central goal of the stimulus bill: ”to promptly stimulate the economy and create jobs.”
A chorus of big names and traditional allies of President Obama are criticizing his recent decisions to scrap planned ozone regulations and grant a key approval to the….
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