This year, Wisconsin has been hammered by one extreme weather event after another, from fires to floods to extreme heat. Wildfires, hurricanes, and floods are becoming more frequent, severe, and expensive—raising home insurance rates, forcing massive taxpayer-funded disaster aid spending, and disrupting communities across the country. Yet instead of protecting Wisconsinites, the Trump administration just […]
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Additional $130 Million Worth of Department of Energy Grants in Wisconsin Under Threat by Trump Administration
A Wisconsin Examiner piece published Monday highlights the continued costs of the Trump administration’s vendetta against clean energy. Madison, WI – As Semafor recently reported, the Trump administration is considering cutting an additional $12 billion worth of clean energy projects, including $130 million worth of projects based in Wisconsin. A piece published Monday in the […]
Trump Administration Ends Lifeline Program that Cuts Energy Bills for Low-Income Families
Washington, D.C. — In yet another blow to working families, the Trump Administration is attempting to terminate the EPA’s Solar for All grants—gutting a Congressionally appropriated $7 billion initiative that was projected to lower energy bills by $400 a year for nearly one million low-income households across all 50 states and U.S. territories, including on Tribal lands. […]
Senate Finance Committee Bill Text Would Hike Energy Costs, Destroy Jobs
Washington, D.C. — Republican members of the Senate Committee on Finance released their text for the budget reconciliation bill, which would raise energy costs and destroy manufacturing jobs in their own states and across the country. Attacks on clean energy have already threatened or canceled more than 90,000 jobs, and with this proposal, 400,000 more […]