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Lobbyists tell Mountain View committee federal agency moves and bill deadlines are constraining local climate plans
Summary
Federal agency actions, project cancellations and rebate deadlines are shrinking some federal levers for local climate programs, but appropriations and introduced bills still present targeted funding opportunities, federal lobbyists told the committee.
Federal legislative and agency actions this year are creating both constraints and targeted opportunities for local climate work, lobbyists told the Mountain View Council Sustainability Committee on Nov. 6.
John O'Donnell of MMO Partners told the committee that many of the federal initiatives that supported local climate projects are facing "strong headwinds." He said the Department of Energy had announced termination of about 223 projects totaling more than $7,500,000,000 across multiple DOE programs and warned that these changes could affect planned grid…
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