SENATOR MARKEY APPLAUDS BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PROGRESS ON OFFSHORE WIND, URGES PASSAGE OF KEY LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT INDUSTRY JOBS, MANUFACTURING, AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

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Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, today issued a statement applauding the Biden administration's announcements on federal clean energy deployment. The Biden administration today announced a record-breaking offshore lease sale that will support union jobs, new offshore wind consortium grants, investments for manufacturing and staging hubs at ports, and a new memorandum of understanding between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on shared ocean use. The Department of Energy also released a report today on how to amplify offshore wind in the United States, which includes several policies introduced and led by Senator Markey, such as offshore wind manufacturing tax incentives.

"To create a livable future for the next generation, we need bold and effective policies to rapidly deploy clean energy sources like offshore wind. Today's announcement from the Biden administration shows that the United States will be a home for offshore wind generation, manufacturing, and good-paying union jobs," said Senator Markey. "We can build on this baseline with the transformational policies to drive deployment of offshore wind turbines in U.S. waters and foster domestic manufacturing -- many of which are included in the Build Back Better Act. We cannot wait any longer. Let's put those winds to work."

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