President Biden’s Clean Energy Plan Creates 20,000+ Jobs and Generates $21.5 Billion Investment in Michigan
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Washington, D.C. — On the heels of last night’s State of the Union address, a new Climate Power report released this week reveals that Michigan has seen forty-five new clean energy projects since 2022, resulting in 20,107 new clean energy jobs and more than $21.5 billion in new investments, including in electric vehicle manufacturing.
“The Clean Energy Plan is creating jobs,” said Donele Wilkins, Founder and CEO of Green Door Initiative in Detroit. “We are training residents for good-paying solar installation and weatherization jobs because clean energy technologies are now more affordable than ever. You can’t have environmental justice without economic justice. With the Clean Energy Plan funding, we are able to create good-paying jobs for residents who didn’t have the opportunity to go to college, who are underemployed, or those who have barriers to employment.”
At the State of the Union last night, President Biden spoke about how his administration has created tens of thousands of clean energy jobs here in America. “The middle class built this country, and unions built the middle class,” the president said. He highlighted his launching of the American Climate Corps, which will put 20,000 young people to work at the forefront of our clean energy future. As the president pointed out last night, his administration has taken the most significant climate action in American history, including removing poisonous lead pipes so that every child can drink clean water and ending tax breaks for Big Oil. Unlike Trump and Maga Republicans, President Biden is confronting the climate crisis—not denying it.
Climate Power’s latest clean energy boom report shows President Biden’s clean energy plan has helped create over 271,000 clean energy jobs since 2022. In nearly one and a half years, companies have invested over $352 billion to advance 524 new clean energy projects, across 47 states and Puerto Rico.
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