The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy are picking clean energy companies to receive federal help and money under special cooperative agreements that allow private companies to benefit from federal expertise.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced Tuesday that his agency signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Israeli company Water-Gen to develop advanced mobile water generators that can take water vapor directly out of the air to provide drinking water. Outspoken lawyer Alan Dershowitz is a member of the company’s board.

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