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New analysis shows a promising future for Michigan and beyond if we vote on climate this November.  Medhini Kumar and Courtney Bourgoin explain how Michigan paired funding from the Biden-Harris administration’s IRA with state-level climate policies to move toward a booming, clean energy future—and how we hold onto this win and get other states to follow suit. ⬇ https://lnkd.in/enBjdmdi

A new report from 5 Lakes Energy highlights the positive impact of Michigan's #cleanenergy laws and the #InflationReductionAct, featuring one of Elevate’s projects with the Lac Vieux Desert tribe! "Our whole-home retrofit in Watersmeet, a town within the tribal land of Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, is a perfect example of what is possible with modern energy efficiency upgrades. We began with a house in need of serious and extensive repair, and were able to convert it into an energy efficient home with lower, more affordable energy costs. Michigan’s new energy waste reduction (EWR) standard will support many more projects like the one in Watersmeet across the state." - Brittany Turner, Associate Director of Tribal Programs at Elevate Read more about how local economies in #Michigan are benefitting from state and federal climate policies! https://lnkd.in/gpsv8aTc #MIEnergyMIJobs Michigan EIBC

RISE PA: A Game Changer for Industry and Union Labor in Pennsylvania We're chatting with ORVI, PA DEP, Conservation Voters PA, and more about the RISE PA program and what it means for industry, labor, and environment groups in Pennsylvania.

NEW: President Biden and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack just announced more than $7.3 billion in clean energy funding for rural electric cooperatives, which have been delivering electricity to rural and underserved communities for almost a century. Here's why that matters: These 16 co-ops will build more than 10 gigawatts of clean energy for rural communities across the country, and reduce and avoid at least 43.7 million tons of greenhouse gases annually. But even more, this is an investment in rural American, for rural America—which will create jobs, cut pollution, provide cheap clean energy, and enhance the reliability of our nation's energy grid. https://lnkd.in/ek_GFnrn

CALLING ALL WEBSITE BUILDERS who know how to deliver a great user experience for advocacy and policy orgs! Evergreen is taking on the very exciting challenge of building a new website and we need your talents to help us do it. Know someone? Are you that someone? Either way, let's chat! Details and RFP below.

JUST POSTED: We're building a new website for a new era at Evergreen. 🚨Check out the RFP now. Evergreen seeks a committed, proactive, and experienced partner to migrate, design, and launch a new and improved website for both our C3 and C4 work. We're looking for the right vendor to help us in our work to put bold climate action at the top of America's agenda and build a thriving, just, and inclusive clean energy future. Help us make it happen by sharing this far and wide! Know an agency or vendor that would be perfect for this work? Tag them below. ⬇️ #newsite #websitedesign #webdesign #websitebuild #sitebuild #sitedesign #rfp #requestforproposals

I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to meet and interview Asia for this story. She has a big, infectious smile, tremendous focus and drive, and most importantly, loves what she does. I left our conversation feeling a lot of hope about what a worker-centered clean energy future could look like. If you're looking for a little climate optimism today, I hope you'll check it out.

Meet Asia—an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) electrical apprentice in Baltimore, MD—and one of the many new faces of the growing clean energy economy. She got her start through a training program through Civic Works, Inc., an org partnering with the American Climate Corps to get more aspiring clean energy workers like her trained and into good-paying, union jobs. https://lnkd.in/g2eV4Bbz

Alijah Thomas is an energy assessor who works with homeowners to recommend strategies to lower energy costs. Thanks to President Biden and Vice President Harris, more Americans are able to make the changes they need to slash their electricity bills with help from our Investing in America agenda.

The choice is unbelievably clear. Now that the numbers are out, we can say this election is not just about climate policy -- it's about whether we rebuild America for all of us or decline. Receipts here: https://lnkd.in/g4WAhFYa