The Energy Department’s Possibly Illegal Move to Fund a Fossil-Fired Steel Furnace

The Energy Department’s Possibly Illegal Move to Fund a Fossil-Fired Steel Furnace

The Department of Energy announced on Thursday that it’s reviewing some 179 awards made by the Biden administration worth $15 billion to ensure they were “consistent with Federal law and this Administration’s policies and priorities.”But what happens when federal law and Trump’s priorities are at odds?In the case of at least one awardee, the major U.S. steel producer Cleveland Cliffs, the DOE’s review process may become a mechanism to take fundi…