As part of the end of the year spending package, Congress is putting the finishing touches on an energy bill that has raised alarms with environmentalists due to its support for carbon capture and nuclear while dropping funding for EJ communities. Mark Dunlea from WOOC in Troy talks with Jim Walsh of Food and Water Watch. Also tune in the COVID Report from The River Newsroom, and all the latest local coronavirus news. And in the second hour, Darcy Connor of Chatham, the director of the Hudson Salvation Army, is interviewed by Randall Martin and Kim Singletary. The WGXC Morning Show is a radio magazine show featuring local news, interviews with community leaders and personalities, reports on cultural issues, a rundown of public meetings and local and regional events, with weather updates, and more about and for the community, made mostly through volunteers in the community through WGXC. The Catskill Makers Syndicate produce the "Better Weather" for the show. Rob Gelles produces the Columbia County history segment "Rob Around The County" and "This Month in History" for the show. Some reports come from our partner station, WOOC-LP in Troy, out of The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Tom Roe also cuts up local and national news with songs and sounds for the show. At 9 a.m. "The WGXC Daily," with local headlines, weather, and previews of community events, airs. At 10 a.m., national headlines from Public News Service are on WGXC.