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Takeaways from tense hearing on DOE climate spending

E&E News - Energywire · By Nico Portuondo · last updated

Department of Energy officials had a rough day on Capitol Hill on Thursday as lawmakers and the department’s own watchdog accused them of lax oversight of billions of dollars in climate spending.

DOE Inspector General Teri Donaldson told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee the agency was at extreme risk of fraud and financial mismanagement because of a mandate to spend Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure bill money quickly.

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