"The Department of Energy, EPA and the Interior Department would see modest funding increases — and a raft of new programs — in an enormous spending, pandemic and energy package that Congress has sent to President Trump for his signature.

The legislation includes significant energy research and climate provisions and arrives as the incoming Biden administration has pledged a major focus on clean and renewable energy, environmental justice and combating climate change.

It includes mandates to boost offshore wind farms, open the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission up to the public and research new ways to use coal."

E&E News had the story December 23, 2020. [2]