The Lake County Board approved a gas tax at its meeting Tuesday. The tax will go into effect July 1, and will add 4 cents to each gallon of gas purchased in Lake County.
Published: Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Workers on a Minn. wind turbine. Photo credit: Richard Tsong-Taatarii/ZUMA Press/Newscom
Xcel Energy Inc. employees demonstrate how to assemble a wind turbine outside the company s Minnesota headquarters in this 2017 photo. Unions are shaping up as an important player in President Biden s campaign for clean energy. Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Zuma Press/Newscom
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One evening in September 2018, Lucas Franco parked on the shoulder of a dirt road in the Minnesota cornfields. He examined the passing cars, especially their license plates.
The trucks and SUVs were rolling off the construction site of a wind farm called Stoneray. Upon spying each plate, Franco noted its origin state and entered it into a spreadsheet on his laptop. Utah, Florida, South Carolina, Texas.
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President Biden and Vice President Harris invited 10 labor leaders into the Oval Office in mid-February. Biden has pledged to be the most labor-friendly president ever. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
In mid-February barely a month into his term President Biden gathered 10 union leaders in the Oval Office. The meeting lasted two hours. Every once in a while as president you get to invite close friends into the Oval, Biden said, laughing. He added: These are the folks that brung me to the dance.
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President Biden and Vice President Harris invited 10 labor leaders into the Oval Office in mid-February. Biden has pledged to be the most labor-friendly president ever. // AFP via Getty Images, Saul Loeb
In mid-February barely a month into his term President Biden gathered 10 union leaders in the Oval Office. The meeting lasted two hours. Every once in a while as president you get to invite close friends into the Oval, Biden said, laughing. He added: These are the folks that brung me to the dance.
As a candidate, Biden pledged to be the most labor-friendly president ever. And unions are a key part of Biden s political coalition. But now, with his coronavirus relief bill moving through Congress, the president is enlisting labor support and input as his administration turns to what s likely next on the agenda: a massive infrastructure package that would also put the country on a path toward a much greener economy.
The Biden administration took a crucial step Monday toward approving the nation’s biggest offshore wind energy project, which officials say signals the start to the massive clean power expansion in the fight against climate change.