HAPPY NEW YEAR
Roscommon/Crawford Chapter Happy New Year We are beginning the new year with a surprising amount of good news on the climate change front. As the potential shutdown of the federal government loomed in late December because of government inaction on budget matters, at the last minute, the lame duck Congress passed a new budget bill with a price tag of $2.3 trillion dollars. The bill that fixes the budget and prevents the shut-down is the omnibus spending bill that was passed on December 22 and was subsequently signed by the President despite his threats and grumbling. The bill was debated until the last moment due to arguments around the $900 billion coronavirus relief portion of the bill and