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Many of them will face the hardest path back into the labor force.
The Biden administration pushes for expansion of the clean-energy technology, but logistical, cost and even aesthetic hurdles loom.
Pipelines have met increasing opposition, but persistent demand for crude may help them get approved.
Dewayne Goldmon of the Agriculture Department sees the aid as narrowing the economic gap between farmers of color and white farmers.
After most of a year, Neil Cairns is back behind the bar at an Irish pub — and it feels great, he said. But a potential career shift is still on the table.