U.S. Climate Alliance

In challenging and uncertain times, our coalition is built to lead.   Learn how our 24 governors are confronting the climate crisis, growing the economy, and transforming communities in our new annual report.   Here’s a snapshot of our progress:   📈 Between 2005 and 2022, Alliance members reduced collective net greenhouse gas emissions by 19%, while increasing gross domestic product by 30%.   💵 Between the same periods of 2021 and 2024, clean energy and clean technology investments across the Alliance more than doubled.   🏗️ Since 2021, investments in clean technology manufacturing capacity have skyrocketed nearly five-fold in Alliance states.   👷🏽♀️ Compared to the rest of the country, Alliance members: ➡️ Employed more workers in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors. ➡️ Achieved lower levels of dangerous air pollutants. ➡️ Generated a greater share of electricity from carbon-free sources. ➡️ Executed more pre-disaster planning. Read the full report ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ethqtWye

Last week, Governor Mills and a delegation of State of Maine officials completed a weeklong international mission to Norway and Denmark focused on positioning Maine as a leader in the responsible development and deployment of floating offshore wind. While overseas, the Governor and a delegation of state officials including GEO Director Dan Burgess and Deputy Director Celina Cunningham, Director of the Maine Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future Hannah Pingree, and Maine International Trade Center President Wade Merritt met with industry and government leaders to discuss Maine's emerging floating offshore wind industry and shared climate goals. The Governor and delegation also met with local government leaders, port operators, and business leaders in the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark (pictured below) -- the world's largest base port for offshore wind activities -- to learn about how the Port and its operations. Learn more about the trip here: https://lnkd.in/eAPjYXg2

The Maine Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected GEO a receive a $65 million grant for new technologies to enhance electrical grid planning and operation in Maine, helping to deliver more clean energy to Maine households and businesses and strengthen the clean energy workforce in the state. The Federal award supports a new project known as Flexible Interconnections and Resilience for Maine (FIRM). FIRM is a collaboration between the State of Maine, Central Maine Power Company, and Versant Power – the first collaboration of this kind for Maine – which will deploy cutting-edge software and hardware to enhance grid stability, regulate voltage, and increase transmission capacity on existing lines. View the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/eVz98M5h

Historic federal incentives have spurred a clean energy boom across the country, creating jobs and supercharging state-led climate action.    “Those billions in investments have translated to job creation. In 2023, more than 42,000 jobs were created in the manufacturing sector for clean energy and electric vehicles, according to an E2 report. Many more clean energy manufacturing facilities — and jobs — should be active within a few years.”   Keep reading via Canary Media ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/e4fhYQHu

CA's battery storage has surged by over 3K MW in the last 6 months, a 30% increase as the state endured its hottest summer. We’re cutting pollution by adding more clean power to our grid & rapidly expanding battery storage to store that clean energy for when it’s needed most. #California #CleanEnergy #Climate #ClimateAction #News #Politics

Together, Alliance states and territories are raising ambition and advancing impactful climate solutions.    Check out more wins across our coalition in 2024 via our new annual report ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ethqtWye 

Our environmental justice work is stronger when we follow the leadership of Indigenous communities. This Indigenous Peoples Day, we celebrate their power and continue our partnership to build a healthier, more equitable future for everyone in Massachusetts. 

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has created over 330,000 jobs (and counting!), making job training programs essential to creating the skilled workforce needed for these jobs. Thanks to the IRA, project developers for certain clean energy projects also stand to receive tax benefits from hiring registered apprentices and paying workers a prevailing wage. Fortunately, state-level workforce training initiatives are taking shape. The US Climate Alliance — a bipartisan coalition of 24 governors dedicated to collective climate action — just announced the Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative, a commitment to support 1 million new workers in completing Registered Apprenticeship Programs by 2035. This initiative joins other training programs across the United States that aim to expand career opportunities to fill the increasing number of climate and clean energy jobs: https://bit.ly/3BxENc8

Governor Janet Mills Governor Janet Mills and a delegation of State of Maine officials today completed their weeklong international mission to Norway and Denmark focused on positioning Maine as a leader in the responsible development and deployment of floating offshore wind. The delegation, including GOPIF director Hannah Pingree and leadership from the Maine Governor's Energy Office visited the port city of Esbjerg yesterday in southwest Denmark. There, they saw firsthand how the port supports the marshaling, assembly, and deployment of offshore wind components and the many jobs the industry supports—all of which are informative as we pursue a port in Maine.

The U.S. Climate Alliance just put out their 2024 annual report, highlighting the incredible work of Governor Whitmer, Governors across the country, and their teams to win the fight against climate change and grow our clean energy economy. If you need some climate inspiration or a reminder that progress is quietly being made every day, check it out!