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Podcast: Energy Gang
Episode: Does the Economic Crisis Shift the Clean Energy Calculus?
Description: This week: The coronavirus shockwave brings staggering losses of lives, jobs, and money.So many applied for unemployment last week – 5 times more than ever before – that it was hard for graphic artists to draw a Y-axis that would fit them in historical comparisons. We’re now at 10 million unemployment claims. With so much turmoil and uncertainty, we are going to dig back into some of the big themes of the week. First, we’ll have a recap of stimulus activity. The day after the unprecedented unemployment numbers, the federal government approved a boost to the eco...