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What They’re Saying: Manufacturing, Labor, and Energy Industry Experts Speak Out – Republican Repeal Bill Will Kill Jobs and Raise Costs
Washington, DC - As House Republicans make their massive bill funding tax cuts for billionaires even more extreme, including even more severe repeal of clean energy tax credits, a new wave of experts across manufacturing, labor, and energy industries is coming out to agree: this legislation will bring manufacturing to a screeching halt, kill hundreds of thousands of American jobs, and raise costs on consumers.
May 19, 2025
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In the Face of this Weekend’s Deadly Storms, Trump’s Cuts Are Making Us Less Safe
Washington, D.C. — This weekend, severe storms killed at least 28 people across Kentucky, Missouri, and Virginia. Trump’s reckless cuts to disaster preparation and response are making us less safe in the face of extreme weather and deadly storms.
May 19, 2025
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BLACK SABBATH: House GOP Rides Crazy Train Towards Mass Job Loss
Washington, D.C. – At 10 PM ET tonight, House Republicans on the Budget Committee will resume moving full steam ahead towards the destruction of nearly 400,000 clean energy manufacturing jobs. The GOP budget will hike up household energy costs, while billionaires get a free ride with huge tax breaks. Instead of increasing American energy independence, […]
May 18, 2025
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Trump’s Reckless Cuts Have Left Us Unprepared for Hurricane Season
Washington, D.C. — FEMA is not ready for hurricane season, which begins in just two weeks.
May 16, 2025
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House Budget Committee Republicans Take Aim at 27,000 Jobs in Their Own Districts
Washington, DC — Today, Republicans on the House Budget Committee are working to advance legislation that directly threatens more than 27,000 good-paying jobs and $22 billion of investment in their own districts. The GOP budget bill would cripple American manufacturing and clean energy production, while stripping health care from millions and adding trillions to the […]
May 16, 2025
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NEWS RELEASE: Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist calls on U.S. Reps. Tom Barrett and John James to stand up for Michigan’s clean energy economy, oppose “reckless actions” by Congress
Lansing, Mich. – Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist today called on U.S. Reps. Tom Barrett and John James to stand up for Michigan’s clean energy economy and oppose the rollback of federal clean energy tax credits and investments that are driving the state’s progress and creating thousands of new jobs. On a call with reporters this morning, the […]
May 14, 2025
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Republican Leaders Gut Clean Energy Manufacturing, Defying Their Republican Colleagues Who Have Called to Protect It
Washington, DC — Republican Leaders are pushing a reckless reconciliation bill that would gut America’s clean energy production, raising costs for families and killing hundreds of thousands of good-paying manufacturing jobs—even though Republican members of the House and Senate and Governors are on the record calling to protect these clean energy investments. This morning, Republicans in the House Ways and Means Committee advanced their reconciliation bill, which pulls the rug out from under clean energy industries.
May 14, 2025
Memo: Intentionally Unworkable Republican Sourcing Mandates Would Tear Down Budding Domestic Supply Chains, Raise Energy Prices
The House Republicans’ draft reconciliation text for the Ways & Means Committee includes several attempts to kneecap clean energy tax incentives without having to swallow the political poison pill of explicitly repealing these popular programs, at a time of rising electricity demand and rising energy prices for consumers. The most nefarious and hardest-to-understand provision? A […]
May 13, 2025
Republican Ways and Means Committee Members Advance Clean Energy Repeal Bill that Jeopardizes Over 14,000 Jobs in Their Own Districts
Washington, D.C. — Today, Climate Power executive director Lori Lodes issued the following statement in response to the House Ways and Means Committee’s release of their long-awaited tax bill:
May 13, 2025
MEMO: Repealing Transferability of Energy Tax Credits: A Move that Would Save us $0, Kill Jobs, and Raise Energy Prices
An under-reported feature of existing energy tax credits supported by at least 36 Republican House members is the ability to sell and buy investment, manufacturing, and production tax credits – known as transferability.
May 13, 2025