Source: WRAL, 6/9/21

Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled more efforts on Wednesday to boost development of generating wind turbine energy off the North Carolina coast over the next two decades. The governor issued an executive order directing his Commerce Department to create a task force that would seek to advance projects and boost their economic benefits, and to name a clean energy economic development coordinator. Cooper's military affairs and environmental departments also were told to take action, such as by working with federal officials to streamline permits and avoid proposals that interfere with military installations.

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