Rick Perry pulls the plug on international clean energy office

Published June 15, 2017 11:26pm ET



The Energy Department is closing part of its international office that coordinates renewable energy development with other nations, but that doesn’t mean its withdrawing from clean energy development altogether, according to the agency.

“Anticipating a smaller [fiscal] 2018 budget, the department is looking for ways to consolidate the many duplicative programs that currently exist within DOE,” said department spokeswoman Shaylyn Hynes.

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