House Democrats Boost DOE Funds To Counter ‘Unreliable’ Fossil Fuels

House appropriators have advanced a proposed fiscal year 2022 funding bill for the Department of Energy (DOE), including major investments for clean energy projects, with Democrats arguing extreme weather events resulting in power outages have shown fossil fuels to be an unreliable source of energy. “After this past year, where the stable and affordable delivery of fossil fuels to consumers has repeatedly been disrupted, the need to diversify our energy sources has never been more urgent,” said House Appropriations energy...