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Climate Power Calls On Big Oil To Stop Trying to Recycle Their Debunked, Garbage Ads
May 14, 2024
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Will Rep. Van Ordern and MAGA Republicans Continue to Block Climate Progress As Wisconsinites Face the Threat of Wildfires?
Eau Claire, WI — Wisconsinites are facing air quality warnings as toxic air from Canadian wildfires reaches communities across northern and central Wisconsin. This is a deja vu moment for many families impacted by devastating wildfire fumes less than a year ago. Third Congressional District residents may remember that their representative, Rep. Derrick Van Orden, responded to last year’s Canadian wildfires by […]
May 14, 2024
MEMO: President Biden Is Creating Manufacturing and Construction Jobs
Today, President Biden visited Racine County, Wisconsin, to announce a new $3.3 billion investment by Microsoft to build a new artificial intelligence data center, an investment projected to lead to 2,300 union construction jobs and 2,000 permanent jobs. Wisconsinites may remember that Trump visited this same location when he was president as part of an announcement for […]
May 8, 2024
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Historic Investments in Climate Every Day of Earth Week
Madison, WI — To commemorate Earth Day, the Biden-Harris administration announced a slew of investments and programs aimed at boosting the clean energy economy and protecting our health and environment from the harmful effects of climate change. These accomplishments are directly benefiting the people of Wisconsin, as outlined below. “President Biden is the most accomplished climate president in […]
April 30, 2024
In Wisconsin, Earth Day Is Jobs Day
This Earth Day, we are celebrating the more than 271,000 jobs and $352 billion in investments that President Biden’s clean energy plan has brought to the country in the past year and a half. Investing in clean energy is a win for our nations’s and state’s economy, environment, and residents. Clean energy like wind and solar is giving Wisconsinites more good-paying jobs, […]
April 19, 2024
Biden-Harris Administration Announces an Additional $2.2 Million in Funding for 23 Renewable Energy Projects in Rural Wisconsin
Madison, WI—The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced more than $2.2 million in renewable energy and energy efficiency grants for 23 Wisconsin agriculture producers and small business owners as part of its Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). This grant is in addition to the $4.9 million in REAP grant funding awarded to 41 Wisconsin farmers and businesses […]
April 16, 2024
REPORT CARD: Trump Gets an F in Wisconsin; In November, He’ll Get an L
Washington, D.C. – As Trump visits the Badger State and Wisconsin voters head to the polls, we want to remind you how Trump’s anti-worker and climate-denier agenda hurt Wisconsin’s burgeoning clean energy economy and polluted freshwater resources that Wisconsinites depend on.
April 1, 2024
Secretary Granholm Joins Local Homeowner and Electeds in Madison for a Home Energy Audit Demonstration
Madison, WI — Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm joined Congressman Mark Pocan, Governor Tony Evers, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Home Energy Auditor Teresa Coffman, and homeowner Cynthia Hirsch to observe a home energy audit demonstration in Madison. Secretary Granholm spoke about the cost-saving benefits of President Biden’s affordable clean energy plan, including tax credits and home […]
March 28, 2024
President Biden to Tout Bidenomics Benefits in Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Ahead of the first anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act’s passage, President Biden will visit Wisconsin to tout how Bidenomics is growing the U.S. economy by creating good-paying jobs and clean energy incentives for middle-class families.
August 15, 2023
NEW: Climate Power Report Finds That Since the Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, Hundreds of Jobs and $445 Million in Investments Have Been Generated in Wisconsin
Madison, WI — In just under a year since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden and Congressional Democrats’ clean energy plan has helped turbocharge our clean energy economy to new heights. Over the past year, clean energy businesses have announced or moved forward with more than 170,000 jobs across 44 states according to Climate Power’s new report.
July 28, 2023
BREAKING: Exxon & Chevron, $30B Q3 Profits, Shows More Outrageous Profiteering at Wisconsinites’ Expense as Ron Johnson Protects Big Oil Funders
Senator Johnson has received more than $296,000 from the oil and gas lobby to support his reelection and more than $855,000 in his career.
October 29, 2022