Legislation That Would Fund Offshore Wind Efforts at Calif. Ports Introduced

Legislation That Would Fund Offshore Wind Efforts at Calif. Ports Introduced

California state Assembly members Josh Lowenthal (D-Long Beach), Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) and Rick Chavez Zbur (D-Hollywood) on Feb. 7 introduced AB 2208, a bill seeking voter approval for a proposed $1 billion bond to fund seaport infrastructure for potential offshore wind energy projects. “To meet our climate goals, we need to produce enough offshore wind energy to power up to 25 million homes by 2045,” Zbur told Los Angeles' ABC News affiliate. “The cost of improving our ports to enable them to assemble these massive turbines is a multibillion-dollar effort.” “This $1 billion bond,” he continued, “sends the signal that…
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