"Change doesn't come easily to really anybody. And when this wind energy stuff started, we didn't know anything about it," he says. "If everybody today went out and bought electric car, 99.9% of the people in Wyoming would be walking because there isn't enough places to charge them."
Billions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act have started flowing into renewable energy projects and manufacturing. That’s bringing jobs and revenue back to the country and to some areas abandoned by the oil, coal and gas industries. Despite the massive investments in their districts, some Republican politicians aren’t fans of the green energy companies moving into their backyards and are doing everything they can to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act – putting them at odds with their constituents. How do we advance the clean energy transition when it’s seen as a partisan issue?
Guests:
Emma Dumain, Reporter, E&E News
Heather Reams, President, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions
Terry Weickum, Mayor, Rawlins WY
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