How important are offshore wind farms?
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The Biden administration recently approved construction on the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S. heralding a new cleaner era.
He’s also promised a boom in green jobs, but it will take years before those jobs are created in the U.S. and other groups are concerned about the impact on their jobs.
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