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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Vineyard Wind project, the first large-scale offshore wind project in the United States, has been approved for construction and service. Labor activists who have been organizing to ensure that the infrastructure is designed and maintained by union labor joined the Secretaries in making the announcement.
The announcement was made on May 11 by the Department of the Interior, which stated that not only will it be a significant step toward the administration's ambitious offshore wind energy production target of 30 gigawatts by 2030, but it will also create a significant number of jobs in the region.