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Using Offshore Wind To Slow Climate Change : 1A It's NPR Climate Solutions Week. Across the network, we're talking about how to slow the effects of climate change.

Offshore wind is a powerful source of clean, renewable energy. But it's deployment along U.S. shores has been slowed by supply chain challenges and significant local opposition. Just last week, the Biden Administration approved the nation's tenth offshore wind project.

It's part of the president's goal to power 10 million American homes with offshore wind by the end of the decade. But Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has vowed to cancel all projects on his first day in the Oval Office.

We discuss how offshore wind can help slow climate change.

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Using Offshore Wind To Slow Climate Change

Using Offshore Wind To Slow Climate Change

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Turbines of the new Burbo Bank off shore wind farm lay in the wake of a maintenance boat in the mouth of the River Mersey in Liverpool, England. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images hide caption

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Turbines of the new Burbo Bank off shore wind farm lay in the wake of a maintenance boat in the mouth of the River Mersey in Liverpool, England.

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It's NPR Climate Solutions Week. Across the network, we're talking about how to slow the effects of climate change.

Here's an idea: offshore wind. It's a powerful source of clean, renewable energy. But it's deployment along U.S. shores has been slowed by supply chain challenges and significant local opposition. Just last week, the Biden Administration approved the nation's tenth offshore wind project.

It's part of the president's goal to power 10 million American homes with offshore wind by the end of the decade. But Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has vowed to cancel all projects on his first day in the Oval Office.

So, how can offshore wind help slow climate change? What are the impacts?

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