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It's the economics: Red states embracing wind energy don't do it for the climate

  • Written by Sarah Mills, Senior Project Manager, Ford School's Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP); Project Manager, National Surveys on Energy and Environment (NSEE), University of Michigan
It's the economics: Red states embracing wind energy don't do it for the climateEnergy Secretary and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry checks out a wind turbine.AP Photo/LM Otero

The federal government has never played a leading role in restricting the carbon footprint of the nation’s power plants. But now that the Trump administration is trying to dismantle many energy regulations, that national role is even smaller.

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