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The Biden administration is aiming to generate 30,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind turbines by the end of this decade, up from just 42 megawatts currently. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the expansion of Project Equality, an ecumenical campaign group launched by the Roman Catholic archdioceses in Detroit and Saint Louis, Michigan in 1965. It states that the campaign has been disseminated to Protestant, Orthodox and Jewish congregations in 1967 with an overall purchasing power of two billion dollars. It notes that its purpose is to abolish the practice of racial discrimination in employment.

The article reports on the issues regarding the color discrimination among African Americans in the U.S. that led to the formation of the National Negro Business and Professional Committee. It states that the committee will raise one million U.S. dollars a year to subsidize the legal-defense and educational fund of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). It mentions that members are asked to contribute 1,000 U.S. dollars to help the fund.

The article reports an increase in the number of customers participating in the Green Power program from the power company Dominion. It mentions that the program provides customers an option to match their home electricity use with renewable energy. As per the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, participants of the program supported renewable energy of more than 650,000 megawatt-hours and prevented the same amount of carbon dioxide from entering into the environment.