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Gov. Evers Delivers Radio Address Celebrating National Clean Energy Week

Press Release: Gov. Evers Delivers Radio Address Celebrating National Clean Energy Week

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Gov. Evers Delivers Radio Address Celebrating National Clean Energy Week
Audio File of Radio Address.

MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers today delivered his weekly radio address, celebrating National Clean Energy Week in Wisconsin. Gov. Evers proclaimed September 15-19, 2025, as "National Clean Energy Week" across the state, highlighting the importance of building a robust 21st-century clean energy economy in Wisconsin that supports green jobs, bolsters the health of our state, and ensures the clean, sustainable future Wisconsinites deserve. A copy of the governor's proclamation is available here.

This week, Gov. Evers also announced the release of the 2025 Clean Energy Plan Progress Report, underscoring achievements made over the last year to advance goals established by the state's first-ever Clean Energy Plan. The progress report released today details Wisconsin's advances in reducing greenhouse gas emissions through clean energy sources while also creating thousands of new jobs and lowering energy costs for families across Wisconsin, as well as investing in job training and apprenticeship programs in innovative industries and technologies. During 2025 the Year of the Kid, the progress report also highlights stories of youth-driven initiatives, helping to create a more sustainable future for Wisconsin.

Since Day One, the Evers Administration has been committed to promoting climate resilience and building a clean energy economy in the state. In 2019, in one of his first acts as governor, Gov. Evers joined the U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of 24 governors representing nearly 60 percent of the U.S. economy and 55 percent of the U.S. population. Earlier this year, Gov. Evers was appointed a co-chair of the Alliance after being the first governor from the Midwest to join the executive committee, which oversees the strategic direction of the bipartisan coalition of governors.

In addition to joining the Alliance in 2019 Gov. Evers signed Executive Order #38 to create the Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy (OSCE), charging the office with developing the Wisconsin Clean Energy Plan to promote the development and use of clean and renewable energy across the state, advance innovative sustainability solutions that improve the state's economy and environment, and diversify the resources used to meet the state's energy needs. The order also established the state's goal to reach 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050 and charged the OSCE with ensuring the state is fulfilling the carbon reduction goals of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.

Hey there, folks. Governor Tony Evers here.

This week, we're celebrating National Clean Energy Week across the state to highlight our efforts to build the clean energy future Wisconsin deserves.

Folks, we don't have to choose between mitigating climate change and protecting our environment and good-paying jobs and economic development-we can and should do both.

And a clean energy economy is as much about protecting the health of our communities as it is about protecting the health of our environment.

So, as governor, I've made protecting our environment and investing in a clean energy economy to support our 21st-century needs a top priority of my administration since Day One.

We've joined the U.S. Climate Alliance, created a Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy, and developed our state's first-ever Clean Energy Plan.

We also created the Green Ribbon Commission on Clean Energy and Environmental Innovation and our Green Innovation Fund, and so much more!

And I was thrilled to sign legislation to advance the state's nuclear energy innovation to continue our work towards ensuring Wisconsin has 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050.

Through these efforts, we're working to lower energy bills for families, reduce reliance on out-of-state energy sources, and invest in jobs and apprenticeship training all while building a brighter, healthier, and more prosperous future.

And while leaders in Washington continue to slash and claw back millions of dollars of federal funding for clean energy initiatives across our state, sending us backwards, this work is more important than ever.

Now is the time to roll up our sleeves and get to work, and here in Wisconsin, that's exactly what we are going to continue to do.

So, happy National Clean Energy Week, Wisconsin, and take care.
An online version of this release is available here.
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