Washington D.C. – In response to today’s announcement from the Department of the Interior that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold its first-ever offshore wind lease sale off the coast of California in December, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released the following statement from Government Affairs Advocate David Shadburn: 

“We applaud the Biden-Harris administration for taking this big step towards securing a clean energy future. The Pacific Ocean has enormous potential to generate the wind energy needed for a just and clean energy transition away from dirty fossil fuels. Today’s announcement, the first-ever offshore wind lease sale on America’s west coast, will jump start the west coast’s opportunities to benefit from the clean energy economy by creating good-paying union jobs and lowering energy costs for American families, all while combating the climate crisis. We are grateful to BOEM for engaging in a thoughtful stakeholder engagement and environmental review process and celebrate their hard work towards meeting President Biden’s commitment to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030 and leading us towards a clean energy future for all.” 

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