Arizona
US Vice President Kamala Harris makes first trip to Arizona
PHOENIX — United States Vice President Kamala Harris visited Arizona for the primary time since coming into the position on Thursday to tout the administration’s clear vitality initiative.
Harris attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the “Ten West Hyperlink” transmission line in Tonopah.
The transmission line will add a big quantity of latest energy grid infrastructure connecting southern California to the Southwest desert.
“It’s going to ship electrical energy from wind and from photo voltaic farms out right here within the desert to huge cities like Phoenix and Los Angeles and San Diego and to rural communities like Blyth,” Harris stated.
The occasion highlighted the continuing efforts from the Biden-Harris administration to realize a net-zero carbon financial system by 2050.
“This electrical energy will probably be clear electrical energy. Photo voltaic panels and wind generators don’t produce poisonous fumes that poison our air or harmful chemical compounds that poison our water,” Harris stated.
The Division of Inside Secretary Deb Haaland, Division of Vitality Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Governor Katie Hobbs accompanied Harris to the occasion.
“This transmission line will deliver financial advantages, together with new jobs, leading to oblique financial advantages comparable to secondary spending by these employed by the mission and property tax income,” Hobbs stated.
Harris didn’t cease on the state’s southern border regardless of President Biden tapping on her to guide the response to frame challenges again in March of 2021.
This transfer has garnered criticism from border sheriffs and different nationwide leaders.
Harris didn’t say when she would make a visit to the border.