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SPEECH PREVIEW: Trump Will Spout Big Oil’s Lies and Sell Out American Workers To Help Himself and Protect Industry Profits
Detroit, Mich. – In a few moments, Donald Trump will address the Detroit Economic Club in what is sure to be a rambling, incoherent journey down a rabbit hole populated by Big Oil’s favorite falsehoods and petty grievances that will bore his audience. But as he tosses and turns through his word salad, one thing will […]
October 10, 2024
No Surprise: Mike Rogers Lies About Historic Investments in American Manufacturing
Lansing, Mich. –It’s no surprise that Trump’s hand-picked candidate Mike Rogers spent tonight’s debate spouting falsehoods and distortions about historic investments in clean energy manufacturing because he can’t defend his own record. Rogers has taken over $400,000 from Big Oil, and he’ll keep parroting their company line as long as they keep sending him checks. FACT: The clean energy plan “encouraged […]
October 8, 2024
Ahead of tonight’s Slotkin-Rogers debate, separating truth from fiction on climate and clean energy
Lansing, Mich. – Ahead of tonight’s U.S. Senate debate in Grand Rapids between U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin and former congressman Mike Rogers, it’s more important than ever to separate truth from fiction on the climate and clean energy issues facing Michigan. Consider the following: U.S Rep. Elissa Slotkin has helped bring a clean energy manufacturing boom […]
October 8, 2024
After Debates and Years of Evidence, One Thing is Clear: Trump’s MAGA Agenda Will Destroy Michigan’s Manufacturing Future
Lansing, Mich. – Last night’s vice presidential debate reaffirmed what we’ve long known about Donald Trump and J.D. Vance: they will destroy Michigan manufacturing jobs and send them to China. If Trump is given the opportunity to make good on his vow to repeal the historic Biden-Harris clean energy plan, the unprecedented cleantech revolution now underway […]
October 2, 2024
New Mike Rogers Ad Doubles Down on Big Oil’s Lies About Electric Vehicles
Lansing, Mich. – Mike Rogers’ new ad is full of false claims and distortions about the Biden-Harris administration’s historic investments in clean energy manufacturing because he can’t defend his own record. A major recipient of campaign cash from Big Oil, Rogers is repeating a MAGA falsehood. These are the facts: FACT: The Biden-Harris administration’s clean energy plan “encouraged onshoring of clean energy industries,” […]
September 26, 2024
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell Pushes Back on Republican Lies About the Future of Electric Vehicles
Ann Arbor, Mich. – In a forceful opinion column published today in The Detroit News, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Ann Arbor) debunks erroneous claims by Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans and explains how their positions on EV manufacturing would devastate the American economy, especially in communities here in Michigan. In fact, she argues, continuing to invest in EVs, […]
September 25, 2024
Clean Energy Investments Are Revitalizing Michigan Communities, Trump Is Promising to Crush Them
Clean energy industries are booming and powering Michigan’s economy, with Donald Trump and his Big Oil allies still trying to pull the plug. Since the passage of the clean energy plan, Michigan has benefited from new clean energy projects that have invested $26.6 billion and announced 21,748 jobs across the state, with many more to […]
September 17, 2024
Trump Let Polluters Put Harmful Chemicals Into Michigan’s Air and Water
Flint, M.I. — As president, Donald Trump chose the oil and gas industry over the health and well-being of America’s families. He reversed more than 125 environmental protections, allowing the oil and gas industry to pollute Michigan’s air and water, delaying lead pipe replacement by decades.
September 17, 2024
NYT Column: The High Cost of Trump’s Anti-EV Policies
In yesterday’s New York Times guest essay, Robinson Meyer, a contributing opinion writer and the founding executive editor of Heatmap, makes a powerful case for why Donald Trump’s anti-EV, anti-clean energy agenda — parroted by Senate candidate Mike Rogers — is leaving America behind in the global race to develop the clean energy technologies of the future. […]
September 12, 2024
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow Leads Rooftop Solar Ribbon Cutting in East Lansing
East Lansing, Mich. – U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow was joined this morning by State Senate Majority Floor Leader Sam Singh, State Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou, and climate advocates to celebrate the success of the rooftop solar array at the home of East Lansing residents Ann and George Siegle. The solar panels are reducing the Siegle family’s electric […]
September 5, 2024