Politics & Government

Missouri Lawmakers Seek To Rein In Clean-Energy Loan Program

Clean energy is the future. Missouri is getting on board.

Rep. Bruce DeGroot, R-Ellisville, speaks on the House floor.
Rep. Bruce DeGroot, R-Ellisville, speaks on the House floor. ( (Photo by Tim Bommel/House Communications))

May 13, 2021

Officials in Missouri have begun to examine and are considering measures to rein in programs that make high-interest “clean energy” loans to homeowners in the state, after a ProPublica investigation found the programs disproportionately burden borrowers in predominantly Black neighborhoods.

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