New stimulus includes significant climate change legislation

The $900 billion pandemic relief package that the US Congress approved Monday night has a lot in it including cash for American families, financial help for businesses and more benefits for people who are unemployed to help them weather the economic downturn. Also tucked into the package — one of the most significant pieces of climate change legislation that Congress has ever passed.

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