Good afternoon and happy Monday, readers! We are officially on day six of a government shutdown, and Republicans continue to blame Democrats for the federal funding lapse.

Some members of the Democratic Party may be moving to force a vote on ending President s energy emergency declaration, while insisting the president is to blame for the growing electricity price crisis.

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Meanwhile, some within the fossil fuel industry are turning to criticize the Trump administration’s stymieing of renewables l

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