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Proclamation 10823 of September 30, 2024 

National Clean Energy Action Month, 2024 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

When I think of clean energy, I think of good-paying jobs for American 

workers. Our Nation is leading the fight against the existential threat of 

climate change all while growing our economy and transitioning this country 

to a clean, reliable, and affordable energy future. During National Clean 

Energy Action Month, we recommit to investing in America and American 

workers as we build a cleaner, more energy secure future. 

Since day one of my Administration, in partnership with Vice President 

Harris, I have been committed to building a clean energy economy that 

creates good-paying and union jobs for American workers. That is why 

my Investing in America agenda is making the most significant investment 

in climate and clean energy in history. That investment has helped America 

unleash a clean energy manufacturing and deployment boom—attracting 

more than $426 billion in private sector investment commitments. It has 

also created more than 330,000 new jobs according to independent estimates. 

These investments are disproportionately going to places that have been 

left behind—including historic energy communities that have powered this 

Nation for generations and to workers who do not have a 4-year college 

degree. 

We are also making investments that help ensure our clean energy future 

will be built here in America—by American workers. My Inflation Reduction 

Act is delivering on my commitment to be the most pro-worker, pro-union 

President in history. For the first time ever, we are attaching strong labor 

protections and incentives to climate and clean energy tax credits. My Administration finalized a rule through the Inflation Reduction Act incentivizing 

companies to pay clean energy workers a prevailing wage and employ registered apprentices. These provisions help ensure jobs building wind farms, 

installing solar panels, and constructing hydrogen and carbon capture facilities will be good-paying and support proven pathways into the clean energy 

industry that allow workers to earn while they learn. Outside estimates 

suggest the Inflation Reduction Act could help create as many as 1.5 million 

jobs over the next decade. And I launched the American Climate Corps 

to train this next generation of clean energy, conservation, and resilience 

workers. 

My Administration is making significant progress toward our ambitious goals 

of securing 100 percent clean electricity by 2035 and achieving net-zero 

emissions by 2050. That is in no small part due to our Inflation Reduction 

Act’s tax credits and rebates, which families can use to install solar panels, 

buy energy-saving appliances, get heat pumps, and purchase American-made 

electric cars. Not only will this law help triple wind power generation 

and increase solar production eight-fold by 2030—tens of billions of dollars 

will go to the pockets of American families. And through Federal programs 

like the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, we are lowering 

Americans’ energy bills and making millions of homes safer and more energy 

efficient. 

But there is still so much more to do to ensure that we are leading American 

industries into the 21st century and tackling climate change. That is why 


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my Administration made the largest investment in America’s power grid 

ever—making it more resilient to severe weather, laying new transmission 

lines, and upgrading existing infrastructure so clean and affordable energy 

can reach every corner of the country. At the same time, we are speeding 

up permitting for clean energy and transmission projects while implementing 

new emissions standards to reduce pollution from oil and gas producers, 

power plants, and vehicles—which will save American lives, improve the 

well-being of our people, and save tens of billions of dollars in healthcare 

costs. 

Across the country, Americans are writing the next chapter in our Nation’s 

clean energy future—they are getting shovels in the ground and working 

hard in good-paying jobs all while supporting their families and restoring 

pride to their communities. During National Clean Energy Action Month, 

we celebrate all the progress in clean energy, and we recommit to coming 

together to secure the future of clean energy here at home. 

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 2024 as 

National Clean Energy Action Month. I call upon all Americans to explore 

whether new tax credits and rebates can help them lower emissions and 

save money on energy bills, cars, and home upgrades, and to recognize 

this month by talking to neighbors, friends, and coworkers about 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 thirtieth day 

of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and of 

the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

forty-ninth. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22990 

Filed 10–2–24; 8:45 am] 

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