Granholm joins Manchin in West Virginia to tout clean energy

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm joined a key member of the U.S. Senate in West Virginia on Thursday to promote the role that the once-booming coal-producing state will play in the development of clean energy.

Sen. Joe Manchin and Granholm were joined at a news conference in Morgantown with partners in a collaboration to build a ship, in part using steel manufactured in landlocked West Virginia, to transport parts for U.S. offshore wind development projects.

“This is sort of a window into the opportunity for West Virginia to be a leader in the energy of the future, in addition to having led the energy that got us here and that still powers us,” Granholm said.

Offshore wind development is still in its infancy in the U.S., far behind progress made in Europe. A small wind farm operates near Block Island in waters controlled by the state of Rhode Island, and another small wind farm operates off the coast of Virginia.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/granholm-joins-manchin-west-virginia-235027541.html

[Bev54]

1. Maybe she could take Katie Porter with her white board

to give him a little education about the filibuster.

[Cicada]

2. Biden plan to find rare earths in West Virginia

China produces almost all the worlds rare earths which are essential to produce many electronic components. They could crush our economy by blocking our access to their rare earths. So we need to create additional sources outside China. Biden has proposed mining coal waste or coal itself for rare earths. Biden has proposed fed funding to mine coal and coal waste in West Virginia which has a huge amount of coal waste and coal. This will produce many good jobs in West Virginia, jobs unemployed coal workers are well suited to do.