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Offshore Wind: The Best Energy Investment America Could Make?
Posted on June 26, 2009
By Stacy Feldman, originally published June 24, 2009, at SolveClimate.comWashington is starting to wake up to something that's been obvious to marine scientists for years. The winds blowing off U.S. waters could be a key to a national clean energy and green jobs revolution.On Tuesday, the federal government awarded five leases to three companies that want to develop wind turbines off the New Jersey and Delaware coasts for the production of renewable energy.They're the first such leases the Department of Interior has ever issued for the Outer Continental Shelf. If this official statement is any...
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