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Spending, relief bill phases out planet warming refrigerants

by Scott Tong
Dec 28, 2020
Whenever a polluting product gets phased out, a cleaner one has to be sold by somebody.
The COVID-19 relief package includes legislation to phase out a polluting chemical coolant known as HFC.
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Even with more stimulus, analysts forecast a slow economic recovery

by Mitchell Hartman
Dec 17, 2020
COVID-19 is surging, layoffs are rising, consumers are hunkering down. Not a great place to be heading into 2021.
A closed bar in New York at the beginning of the pandemic.
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Congress averts shutdown, buys time for more COVID-19 talks

by Associated Press
Dec 11, 2020
A key holdup in talks has been the standoff over more money for the states and disagreement over liability protections.
The Senate passed a one week stop-gap bill on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, avoiding a partial government shutdown.
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How should we spend future pandemic relief money?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 2, 2020
Economic recovery could take a range of different approaches. Check out these three experts' ideas.
Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia, hands a poster describing a proposal for a COVID-19 relief bill to Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, alongside a bipartisan group of Democrat and Republican members of Congress as they announce the proposal on Dec. 1, 2020.
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