Windfall, Part 3: Squid Pro Quo
Outside/In
NHPR
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Outside in is committed to journalistic rigor and transparency. |
| 0:04.2 | To learn about the reporting process for this series, visit windfallpodcast.org. |
| 0:10.1 | Heads up, there is one curse word in this episode. |
| 0:13.5 | Okay, on with the show. |
| 0:22.7 | The US offshore wind industry is ready to launch. |
| 0:25.8 | Right now, there are no grid-scale wind farms in American waters. |
| 0:30.0 | But there are dozens of projects in line on the Atlantic coast, |
| 0:33.3 | all waiting for federal approval. |
| 0:35.6 | Altogether, these projects would do a lot to meet America's climate goals, |
| 0:39.6 | enough potential energy to power two New York cities. |
| 0:46.9 | Today, we're going to talk about the project at the front of the line, |
| 0:50.3 | and about how it powered through the forces that opposed it. |
| 0:54.2 | But first. |
| 0:56.0 | So I don't want to take too much your time, and like I said, I've got to... |
| 0:58.4 | We hope you'll allow us a small diversion into Joe McNamara's unlikely 15 seconds of fame. |
| 1:04.6 | My name is Joe McNamara, a state representative representing |
| 1:09.5 | Warwick and Cranston, the Patuxet village area. |
| 1:13.3 | I am also chairman of the Rhode Island Democratic Party. |
| 1:17.2 | So, in that role, you got the honor of announcing the delegates for Joe Biden. |
| 1:25.6 | That is correct. |
| 1:26.9 | Joe McNamara was one of the parade of state party chairpeople who appeared on Zoom last August |
| 1:32.8 | to announce that then candidate Biden had won the Democratic nomination for president. |
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