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NEW REPORT: More Than 400,000 New Clean Energy Jobs Have Been Created Since IRA Passage
January 14, 2025
ICYMI: If Donald Trump Kills America’s Clean Energy Economy, We All Lose
Lansing, Mich. – With Donald Trump in the White House and Republicans in control of Congress, we are at a critical crossroads when it comes to protecting our nation’s growing clean energy economy. If we surrender now, we will cede the future of key industries to China and other competitors. Michigan Republican Congressman John James recently noted that “we must […]
January 23, 2025
Michigan Elects Elissa Slotkin, Rejecting Republican Attacks on Clean Energy Jobs
Washington, D.C. – Today, Elissa Slotkin was elected U.S. Senator from Michigan, defeating Big Oil-backed Mike Rogers.
November 6, 2024
Post-Election Memo: How Climate & Clean Energy Helped Win Michigan
To: Interested Parties From: Lori Lodes, Climate Power Executive Director Date: November 6, 2024 Re: How Climate & Clean Energy Helped Win Michigan The future of America’s investment in clean energy and EV technology was put front and center in the Senate race in Michigan this election, and voters delivered a clear verdict by sending […]
November 6, 2024
VOICES: Biden-Harris team tackles Michigan’s urgent water safety issues
LANSING, Mich. – Highlighting the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to ensure clean water for every citizen, Planet Detroit yesterday published this important perspective by Ebony Twilly Martin, the former executive director of Greenpeace USA. In her column, Martin writes: “Flint’s crisis shocked the nation, but some governments’ promises of help have been empty. Prior Republican Governor Rick Snyder was criminally […]
October 29, 2024
“Four Pinocchios”
Washington D.C. – In a scathing fact check published yesterday, The Washington Post gave Donald Trump’s latest EV-bashing campaign ad their worst rating: Four Pinocchios. “Virtually nothing is correct in this ad,” WaPo’s Glenn Kessler writes. “Harris does not want to end gas-powered cars, there is no electric-vehicle mandate, and there aren’t massive layoffs in the Michigan auto industry […]
October 23, 2024
Harris Speech on Made in America Manufacturing Shows Clear Contrast with Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This morning, The Washington Post reported that a Big Oil lobbying group has already drafted a list of executive orders for Donald Trump to sign or roll back at the start of his day one dictatorship.
October 18, 2024
Trump Pulling the Rug Out From Communities Counting on Jobs
Overview A centerpiece of Donald Trump’s campaign agenda has been to repeal the clean energy investments from the Inflation Reduction Act, a promise he made to oil executives at Mar-a-Lago. This would be devastating to communities across Michigan, jeopardizing many of the 21,748 clean energy jobs already announced since passage. A disproportionate number of those jobs are also in […]
October 18, 2024
FACT CHECK: Trump’s Lies Can’t Hide the Truth
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Kamala Harris heads to Michigan to rally alongside autoworkers, Trump is up with another ad riddled with lies about her record.
October 18, 2024
Split Screen: Donald Trump and JD Vance Want To Destroy Clean Energy Jobs, Kamala Harris Will Protect Them
Washington, D.C. — Kamala Harris’ visit to Lansing, Michigan, where JD Vance has blasted General Motors’ EV plant, equating over 650 good-paying jobs to “table scraps”, is a stark reminder of what is at stake in this election.
October 18, 2024
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