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NEW REPORT: More Than 400,000 New Clean Energy Jobs Have Been Created Since IRA Passage
January 14, 2025
GOP Governing Trifecta Must Protect America’s Clean Energy Boom
Washington, D.C. — In response to Republicans maintaining control of the House, securing a governing trifecta in Washington, Climate Power executive director Lori Lodes released the following statement:
November 14, 2024
Clean Energy is Booming in Republican States, Including in Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s Home of South Dakota
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senate Republicans elected Sen. John Thune (R-SD) as the next Senate Majority Leader.
November 13, 2024
ICYMI: Climate Power Executive Director Lori Lodes Lays Stakes of Clean Energy Plan
Washington, D.C. – Today, Elissa Slotkin was elected U.S. Senator from Michigan, defeating Big Oil-backed Mike Rogers.
November 9, 2024
Trump Pledges to Again Withhold Disaster Aid From Americans Threatened By Extreme Weather
Just days after bombshell reporting on Donald Trump’s record of withholding disaster aid from states that didn’t vote for him, last night, Trump promised to do it again, declaring that he’d withhold aid for wildfires from California unless the state bowed to his bizarre, unhinged demands. Trump has spent weeks endangering hurricane relief efforts by spewing lie-filled rants, putting Americans in greater danger when they need help the most. Now, on the campaign trail, while denying the true cause of extreme weather, he’s actively vowing to withhold aid from Americans suffering from its impacts if elected president.
October 13, 2024
Vance Calls Climate Change a “Sociopathic” Reason Not to Have Children
WASHINGTON, D.C. - After Trump’s weeks of denying the climate crisis in the face of deadly hurricanes and spewing dangerous lies about relief efforts, today his running mate, JD Vance dismissed the seriousness of climate change by connecting it to his favorite insult, childless cat ladies
October 12, 2024
75 Congressional Republicans Vote No, But Took the Dough
Washington, D.C. — Last week, Donald Trump descended on Hurricane ravaged Valdosta, Georgia for a photo-op where he told blatant lies about ongoing recovery efforts, but that’s just the beginning.
October 9, 2024
Trump’s Georgia Trip, Project 2025 Will Harm Disaster Relief Efforts
Washington, D.C. — After spending the past week ignoring Hurricane Helene and leaning into climate denialism, Donald Trump visited Valdosta, GA, for a politically motivated photo-op that diverted essential resources and aid away from devastated communities.
September 30, 2024
ICYMI: Miami Herald, Florida’s bracing for a major hurricane. This is why we need NOAA, not Project 2025
Washington, D.C. — As Americans across the Southeast brace for Hurricane Helene’s devastating impact, the Miami Herald Editorial Board highlighted how Donald Trump’s Project 2025 would put lifesaving weather alerts behind a paywall.
September 26, 2024
ICYMI: Kamala Harris’ Career-Long Fight To Hold Polluters Accountable
Washington, D.C. — Ten Republican governors announced the creation of the Governors Coalition for Energy Choice.
September 24, 2024
Republican Governors Put New Clean Energy Jobs at Risk to Protect Big Oil’s Bottom Line
Washington, D.C. — Ten Republican governors announced the creation of the Governors Coalition for Energy Choice.
September 20, 2024