“State governors and mayors are launching an 11th hour push to coax people into using federal tax credits for electric vehicles and home improvements before they expire, reports our Zack Colman.
The U.S. Climate Alliance, a group of mostly Democratic governors from 24 states, and the bipartisan Climate Mayors network of 350 city leaders shared details of their pitch to constituents exclusively with ME. The effort includes social media campaigns and direct engagement with businesses and consumers to raise awareness of the tax credits.”
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“‘The federal government is making clean cars more expensive — taking away these incentives right when Americans need them the most,’ Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who co-chairs the U.S. Climate Alliance, said in a statement.
Colorado last week launched a website with information about local, state and federal tax credits to help residents save money. Will Toor, executive director at the Colorado Energy Office, said it is difficult to track how many people use the federal incentives for home energy efficiency improvements. He added it’s challenging for people to use the quickly disappearing federal incentives given homeowners usually try to align those upgrades with other renovations, maintenance and structural improvements.”
Launched on June 1, 2017 by the governors of Washington, New York, and California to help fill the void left by President Trump’s initial decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, the Alliance has grown to include 24 governors from across the U.S. representing approximately 60% of the U.S. economy and 55% of the U.S. population. Governors in the Alliance have pledged to collectively reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26-28% by 2025, 50-52% by 2030, and 61-66% by 2035, all below 2005 levels, and collectively achieve overall net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as practicable, and no later than 2050.
The Alliance’s states and territories will continue to advance innovative and impactful climate solutions to grow the economy, create jobs, and protect public health, and have a long record of action and results. In fact, the Alliance reduced its collective net greenhouse gas emissions by 19% between 2005 and 2022, while increasing collective GDP by 30%, and is on track to meet its near-term climate goal by reducing collective GHG emissions 26% below 2005 levels by 2025. The coalition’s states and territories are employing more workers in the clean energy sector, achieving lower levels of dangerous air pollutants, and preparing more effectively for climate impacts and executing more pre-disaster planning than the rest of the country.
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