New York (CNN Business) Wind power is a booming part of the American economy, not a bogeyman to fear, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee told CNN Business on Wednesday. US wind power supported a record 114,000 domestic jobs in 2018, according to the American Wind Energy Association. Coal vs. renewablesTrump's criticism of wind energy puts an exclamation point on his embrace of fossil fuels, most notably the coal industry. 'Economic wasteland'Under Inslee, Washington State has moved towards renewable energy and announced plans to close its final coal-fired power plant. "My state, according to Donald Trump, should be an economic wasteland right now because we've embraced clean energy," Inslee said at the Columbia energy summit.

Source: CNN April 10, 2019 15:45 UTC