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title: 350.org on Biden’s Plan to Expand East Coast Wind Farms
date: 2021-03-29T19:42:15Z
modified: 2021-03-29T19:50:58Z
permalink: "https://350.org/press-release/biden-plan-to-expand-wind-farms/"
type: press-release
status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 147414
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Washington D.C. — Today, the White House announced [a plan to expand wind farms](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/29/biden-wind-power/?wpmk=1&wpisrc=al_news__alert-hse--alert-national&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0YSIsImNvb2tpZXZhbHVlIjoiNWY0N2RkNWQ5YmJjMGY0MzM3MzA3ZmYzIiwidGFnIjoid3BfbmV3c19hbGVydF9yZXZlcmUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vY2xpbWF0ZS1lbnZpcm9ubWVudC8yMDIxLzAzLzI5L2JpZGVuLXdpbmQtcG93ZXIvP3dwbWs9MSZ3cGlzcmM9YWxfbmV3c19fYWxlcnQtaHNlLS1hbGVydC1uYXRpb25hbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWFsZXJ0JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXdwX25ld3NfYWxlcnRfcmV2ZXJlJmxvY2F0aW9uPWFsZXJ0In0.q33Deqd_V19WbNlNfYXjKUghycgiizkjvE-1yCVmy4g) along the East Coast and kickstart the United States’ offshore wind industry, in an effort to increase clean energy production and combat climate change.

In response, **350.org** **US Communications Director Thanu Yakupitiyage** made the following statement:

> “This is the type of climate action we need from the Biden administration: major investment in renewable energy that creates thousands of good-paying union jobs. In this moment of compounding health, economic, racial, and climate crises, it’s beyond time to get our country off fossil fuels and on track towards a renewable future that centers the working class and communities of color.”

Today is also the start to the [murder trail of Derek Chauvin](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/29/us/derek-chauvin-trial-live). 350.org stands in [solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives](https://350.org/press-release/solidarity-m4bl/) and demands justice for George Floyd.

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