With the war on Iran causing rising oil prices, alternative energy development is all the more important.

Including: wind energy.

But the US has fallen way behind other countries includingChina, which leads the world in wind energy.

What are its benefits, cost, and what has to happento move projects ahead, which are currently blocked by the Trump administration.

My conversation is with Rebecca Rehr, who coordinates thework of the OffshoreWind Alliance (She is also Director of Climate Policy and Justice atthe Md. LCV).

And Mike McHale, an official with IBEW –theInternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local 24.