A Wind Farm in Coal Country

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 16 March 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Wyoming has powered the nation with coal for generations. Many in the state consider the industry part of their identity. It is in this state, and against this cultural backdrop, that one of America’s largest wind farms will be built. Today, we look at how and why one local politician in Carbon County, Wyo. — a conservative who says he’s “not a true believer” in climate change — brought wind power to his community.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Babaro.
0:02.6	This is Daily.
0:10.4	Wind energy, a cornerstone of President Biden's climate agenda,
0:15.6	is becoming a popular target for Republican leaders and pundits.
0:20.1	She's not okay with energy.
0:21.4	She wants windmills, the windmills.
0:24.2	The windmills that don't work when you need them.
0:27.4	Who mock it as an unreliable eye-sauron?
0:31.0	People who support wind farms as a rule live very far from wind farms.
0:36.5	That in their telling is being forced on the country by out of touch liberals.
0:42.1	How'd you like a massive power plant in your backyard?
0:45.1	Humming and buzzing and chopping up birds?
0:48.1	That's what a wind turbine is.
0:50.1	So why are local conservative lawmakers embracing wind farms?
0:56.1	Today, my colleague, Dion Sarasi,
0:59.8	traveled to Wyoming to find out.
1:07.6	It's Tuesday, March 16.
1:16.3	Dion, you recently returned from a reporting trip to Wyoming.
1:20.8	Why Wyoming?
1:22.8	Well, I knew that Wyoming was one of the red estates in the nation.
1:27.1	People there supported President Trump,
1:29.6	overwhelmingly in both elections.
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