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Wyoming, a state at odds with the Biden administration's oil and coal policies, is starting to embrace its future as a wind energy leader. Reporting for Marketplace, Caitlin Tan attended the groundbreaking for the TransWest Express Transmission project in Carbon County, which will eventually send electricity to about one million homes in large cities across the West.
“We know that clean energy transmission lines on public lands will help communities across the country to be part of the climate solution while creating good paying jobs,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland told the crowd at the groundbreaking.
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon attended the event as well, where he acknowledged his state's role in the energy transition.
“Because there’s an urgency as we see climate change, we know that we don’t have time to waste, we have to move with diligence forward to make sure that we address the issue of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,” Gordon said.
Biden heads West
President Joe Biden will make a trip to three Western states next week, touting his administration's climate record as the country faces record-breaking heat. The president will visit Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah starting on August 7. The Salt Lake Tribune reports it will be the first presidential visit to Utah since Donald Trump attempted to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in 2017. Details of the president's trip have not been announced.
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