$500 million from the EPA will support small lenders to invest in renewable energy. This story was originally published by Grist and BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina.Gwen Christon runs an IGA grocery store in Isom, a town in eastern Kentucky that struggles with exorbitant utility bills and few grocery options.

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