Today the U.S. took another big step in the transition beyond coal to clean energy as the nation’s first offshore wind project broke ground.

Block Island calls itself the “Last Great Place,” but this small island 12 miles off the coast of Rhode Island is first in the hearts of environmentalists and clean energy advocates across the nation today. Big things are happening just off the shore of that little island. That’s where Deepwater Wind has started construction on America’s first-ever offshore wind project.

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