Presidential Document2022-21773
National Clean Energy Action Month, 2022
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Published
October 5, 2022
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September 30, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 5, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21773]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87 , No. 192 / Wednesday, October 5, 2022 /
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Proclamation 10459 of September 30, 2022
National Clean Energy Action Month, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
During National Clean Energy Action Month, we strive to
turn the climate crisis into opportunity and recommit
to moving America to a clean energy future. By leading
the world in manufacturing and exporting clean energy
technologies, creating good-paying union jobs, lowering
costs for families, and addressing environmental
injustice, the United States can meet one of the most
consequential challenges of our time.
During my first year in office, my Administration set a
groundbreaking goal: to cut our Nation's greenhouse gas
emissions in half by 2030, reach 100 percent clean
electricity by 2035, and achieve net-zero greenhouse
gas emissions by 2050. We have made significant
progress, creating the first-ever National Climate Task
Force, reinstating and strengthening environmental
protections, and inspiring record-breaking private
sector commitments to transition to clean energy.
I have also signed key legislation to propel us toward
these goals, including the historic Inflation Reduction
Act, which is the largest investment to combat climate
change in American history. This law will create a
generation of good-paying jobs by expanding clean
energy. It provides consumers with tax credits to buy
electric cars or fuel cell vehicles, saving costs at
the gas pump. It helps families keep cool in the summer
and warm in the winter with rebates for efficient
appliances and home weatherization. And it strengthens
our energy security with incentives for clean energy
production. In total, this law will save families
hundreds of dollars per year in energy costs and reduce
our Nation's greenhouse gas emissions by a billion
metric tons in the year 2030 alone.
These actions build on my Administration's Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, an unprecedented investment to
fortify our infrastructure against the climate crisis.
Through this law, we are modernizing public transit
with the latest clean energy technology, upgrading our
power grid, and implementing a nationwide electric
vehicle charging network. We are funding thousands of
miles of new, resilient transmission lines to deliver
clean energy to American homes and businesses. We are
fortifying our grid to improve our energy security and
independence. Most importantly, we are creating jobs
across the country, putting plumbers, pipefitters,
electrical workers, steel workers, and so many others
to work on projects that support families and help
tackle the climate crisis.
My Administration will prioritize ensuring that
frontline and fence-line communities most impacted by
climate change receive the benefits of the clean energy
economy. That is why I made a commitment to deliver 40
percent of the benefits from Federal investments in
climate and clean energy to disadvantaged communities
and why I established a White House Environmental
Justice Advisory Council in my first month in office.
At the same time, we take seriously our responsibility
to create new, good-paying jobs for the hardworking
Americans in energy communities that have powered our
economy for over a century and often suffer from legacy
pollution caused by fossil fuels. To this end, we are
helping these communities
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access the resources they need to spur economic
revitalization and clean up environmental pollution.
The climate crisis is here. Our Nation--and the world--
sits at an inflection point. By investing in clean
energy, modernizing our infrastructure, and ensuring
that everyone benefits in the process, we can build a
safer, healthier, and more energy-secure future.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2022
as National Clean Energy Action Month. I call upon the
citizens of the United States to recognize this month
by working together to mitigate climate change and
achieve a healthier environment for all.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirtieth day of September, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
seventh.
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