Unions Are Building a Clean Energy Future in Wisconsin

The Inflation Reduction Act has introduced key standards for high-quality jobs that include apprenticeships to unlock federal funding, and it’s changing lives and communities in Wisconsin.

Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice, Biden Administration, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Economy, Growing the Middle Class, Inflation Reduction Act, Jobs, State and Local Policy, Unions, Worker Rights, Workforce Development +10 More

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The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has changed the game for clean energy in Wisconsin. The IRA’s labor standards include important prevailing wage, workforce development, and apprenticeship provisions to ensure that a larger, more diverse pool of skilled laborers has access to good jobs and that the workforce has the skills necessary to meet clean energy goals. Renewable energy projects in Wisconsin—which are either under construction, under regulatory review, or announced—could help create at least 18,000 well-paying jobs in the next five to six years.

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Margaret Cooney

Senior Campaign Manager of Storytelling, Energy and Environment Campaigns

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