[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 5, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 60249-60250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21773]


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                Proclamation 10459 of September 30, 2022

                
National Clean Energy Action Month, 2022

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During National Clean Energy Action Month, we strive to 
                turn the climate crisis into opportunity and recommit 
                to moving America to a clean energy future. By leading 
                the world in manufacturing and exporting clean energy 
                technologies, creating good-paying union jobs, lowering 
                costs for families, and addressing environmental 
                injustice, the United States can meet one of the most 
                consequential challenges of our time.

                During my first year in office, my Administration set a 
                groundbreaking goal: to cut our Nation's greenhouse gas 
                emissions in half by 2030, reach 100 percent clean 
                electricity by 2035, and achieve net-zero greenhouse 
                gas emissions by 2050. We have made significant 
                progress, creating the first-ever National Climate Task 
                Force, reinstating and strengthening environmental 
                protections, and inspiring record-breaking private 
                sector commitments to transition to clean energy.

                I have also signed key legislation to propel us toward 
                these goals, including the historic Inflation Reduction 
                Act, which is the largest investment to combat climate 
                change in American history. This law will create a 
                generation of good-paying jobs by expanding clean 
                energy. It provides consumers with tax credits to buy 
                electric cars or fuel cell vehicles, saving costs at 
                the gas pump. It helps families keep cool in the summer 
                and warm in the winter with rebates for efficient 
                appliances and home weatherization. And it strengthens 
                our energy security with incentives for clean energy 
                production. In total, this law will save families 
                hundreds of dollars per year in energy costs and reduce 
                our Nation's greenhouse gas emissions by a billion 
                metric tons in the year 2030 alone.

                These actions build on my Administration's Bipartisan 
                Infrastructure Law, an unprecedented investment to 
                fortify our infrastructure against the climate crisis. 
                Through this law, we are modernizing public transit 
                with the latest clean energy technology, upgrading our 
                power grid, and implementing a nationwide electric 
                vehicle charging network. We are funding thousands of 
                miles of new, resilient transmission lines to deliver 
                clean energy to American homes and businesses. We are 
                fortifying our grid to improve our energy security and 
                independence. Most importantly, we are creating jobs 
                across the country, putting plumbers, pipefitters, 
                electrical workers, steel workers, and so many others 
                to work on projects that support families and help 
                tackle the climate crisis.

                My Administration will prioritize ensuring that 
                frontline and fence-line communities most impacted by 
                climate change receive the benefits of the clean energy 
                economy. That is why I made a commitment to deliver 40 
                percent of the benefits from Federal investments in 
                climate and clean energy to disadvantaged communities 
                and why I established a White House Environmental 
                Justice Advisory Council in my first month in office. 
                At the same time, we take seriously our responsibility 
                to create new, good-paying jobs for the hardworking 
                Americans in energy communities that have powered our 
                economy for over a century and often suffer from legacy 
                pollution caused by fossil fuels. To this end, we are 
                helping these communities

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                access the resources they need to spur economic 
                revitalization and clean up environmental pollution.

                The climate crisis is here. Our Nation--and the world--
                sits at an inflection point. By investing in clean 
                energy, modernizing our infrastructure, and ensuring 
                that everyone benefits in the process, we can build a 
                safer, healthier, and more energy-secure future.

                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 2022 
                as National Clean Energy Action Month. I call upon the 
                citizens of the United States to recognize this month 
                by 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-two, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                seventh.
                
                
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[FR Doc. 2022-21773
Filed 10-4-22; 8:45 am]
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