OpEd: Clean Energy Plan a Historic Opportunity for Schools

Former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, Mandela Barnes shares:

“How we choose to spend our money shows what we prioritize as a society. Every young person in the state of Wisconsin should have the opportunity to live, learn and play in a happy, healthy environment. Their futures should be shaped by educators and healthy school environments...”

“Unfortunately, at the start of this school year, many of our state’s schools had to close due to extreme heat. With ever-increasing extreme weather events, the writing is on the wall: It’s time to upgrade our schools’ energy efficiency, install solar panels and geothermal heating systems and invest in electric buses. Fortunately, President Joe Biden’s affordable clean energy plan can help school districts do just that — as long as administrators know where to look.

I have written before about how the Biden administration is helping build our clean-energy economy. In the past year and a half, the administration’s affordable clean energy plan has created more than 270,000 jobs and spurred more than $352 billion dollars in investment around the country. It’s by far the most significant climate investment in our nation’s history…”

Check out the full OpEd published in The Capital Times.