Environmentalists Perplexed by Trump Administration's Decision on Offshore Wind Projects

About this episode

Environmentalists express concern over the Trump Administration's decision regarding offshore wind energy projects and its impact on local agriculture.

Environmentalists say the Trump Administration is being short sighted in its decision to offer to buy out the leases of some offshore wind energy projects along California’s Central Coast. Reporter: Lance Orozco, KCLU Peach growers in the Yuba-Sutter region and Central Valley are being thrown a lifeline from Washington, D.C. The move follows the closure of a major cannery that’s left farmers without a buyer for their fruit. Reporter: Claudia Brancart, North State Public Radio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guests: Lance Orozco, Claudia Brancart

Topics covered

• offshore wind projects
• environmental policy
• agriculture
• cannery closure
• California news

Keywords

• offshore wind
• environmentalists
• Trump Administration
• California
• cannery closure
• agriculture
• Yuba-Sutter
• Central Valley

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Organizations: Trump Administration, KCLU, North State Public Radio

Places: California

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