Presidential Document2023-22235
National Clean Energy Action Month, 2023
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Published
October 4, 2023
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September 29, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 4, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 68429-68430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22235]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 4, 2023 /
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Proclamation 10636 of September 29, 2023
National Clean Energy Action Month, 2023
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
America is once again leading the world in the fight
against climate change, and our Nation is in the midst
of a clean energy revolution--reducing pollution,
lowering energy costs, creating good-paying jobs, and
making sure clean energy technologies are made in
America. During National Clean Energy Action Month, we
celebrate that historic progress and commit to continue
working to build a more sustainable and energy secure
Nation for future generations.
Clean energy has never been more essential. The climate
crisis is driving extreme heat, deeper droughts,
deadlier storms, and stronger wildfires, destroying
lives and livelihoods--last year alone, major disasters
caused over $177 billion in damages. Climate change is
the existential threat of our time, and clean energy is
key to tackling it.
My Administration is focused on fueling America's clean
energy future so we lead the world in industries like
solar, wind, geothermal, and advanced nuclear energy.
When I took office, we set ambitious goals of reaching
100 percent clean electricity by 2035 and achieving
net-zero-emissions by 2050. To get there, I signed the
landmark Inflation Reduction Act, which makes the
biggest investment in fighting climate change and
advancing clean energy in the history of the world. It
provides tax credits and rebates that can save families
thousands of dollars by installing solar panels,
energy-saving appliances, and heat pumps; weatherizing
their homes to be more resilient against extreme
weather; and purchasing American-made electric cars.
The law is expected to triple wind power generation,
increase solar production eightfold by 2030, and put
tens of billions back in the pockets of Americans.
Together with my Administration's Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, these investments could help us
reach 80 percent clean energy by 2030.
As I have often said, when I think of climate change, I
think of jobs--good-paying clean energy jobs. Since the
beginning of my Administration, the private sector has
announced more than $240 billion in new clean energy
manufacturing investments. That includes more than $70
billion in electric vehicle and battery investments
since I signed the Inflation Reduction Act. The clean
energy projects that have moved forward in the past
year are creating more than 170,000 clean energy jobs.
My Administration is incentivizing companies to pay
every one of those workers a prevailing wage and to use
registered apprenticeships and made-in-America
materials. And we are leaving no community behind--from
the investments we are making to factories being built
and jobs we are creating, we are seeing new
opportunities in rural America, in the heartland, in
energy communities, and all across our country.
My Administration is also working to upgrade our
Nation's infrastructure. We have made the biggest
investment in America's power grid ever, laying new
transmission lines so clean energy can reach every
corner of the country. We are installing more than
500,000 electric vehicle charging stations on roads
nationwide. And we are speeding up permitting for clean
energy
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projects while proposing new emissions standards to
reduce pollution from oil and gas producers, power
plants, and vehicles.
Today, the United States is deploying more solar and
wind power than ever. Electric vehicle sales and clean
energy manufacturing are booming. But we have much more
to do. The climate crisis will not wait, nor will clean
energy competitors in other nations. Americans must
come together to win the clean energy future--the
future of our economy, our national security, and our
children and grandchildren all depend on it.
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 2023
as National Clean Energy Action Month. I call upon all
Americans to recognize this month with action by
investing in clean energy in their homes and
businesses; using new tax credits to cut emissions
while saving money on their energy bills and electric
vehicles; talking to neighbors, friends, and coworkers
about the opportunities to address the climate crisis;
and working together to mitigate climate change and
achieve a healthier environment for all.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
eighth.
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