A group representing 20 US state governors, including eight Republicans, has published a letter to the White House asking President Donald Trump to support a continued renewables build-out through transmission development, streamlined permitting, long-sighted offshore wind policy, and other measures.
In the letter, the Governors’ Wind & Solar Energy Coalition – led by Rhode Island Democrat Gina Raimondo and Kansas Republican Sam Brownback – makes the increasingly mainstream argument that wind and solar are bringing economic development and jobs to struggling rural parts of the country, noting that the sectors align closely with many of Trump's priorities, including infrastructure investment.
