Biden gets pressure to boost offshore wind — from his own party

Several Democratic governors are urging President Joe Biden to offer more subsidies through the Inflation Reduction Act to help vulnerable offshore wind projects across the Northeast – a sign that state leaders in the president’s party are willing to publicly push their clean energy woes onto the White House. POLITICO’s Ry Rivard breaks down the governors’ request, why they are going public, and what the Biden administration can do about it. Plus, House Republicans are eyeing deeper spending cuts in their legislation to fund EPA, along with the Interior and Energy departments.

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Catherine Morehouse is an energy reporter for POLITICO and the host of the POLITICO Energy podcast.

Ry Rivard covers energy, the environment and transportation in New Jersey for POLITICO. 

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Kara Tabor is an audio producer for POLITICO.

Gloria Gonzalez is the deputy energy editor for POLITICO. 

Matt Daily is the energy editor for POLITICO.

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