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Climate Change

The grid is getting cleaner in real life: record solar in 2024 and another big build in 2025, plus climate-service jobs on the ground.

Daddy vs. Fossil Fuels

Fossil interests bankroll delay while denialists ban the data

Every heat dome is followed by another lawsuit, another banned phrase, another attack on the workers building the clean grid. The opposition’s whole strategy is to stall until the planet taps out.

Fossil mega-donors

Oil and gas PACs pour cash into blocking solar tax credits and suing to keep methane loopholes so they can squeeze a few more quarters out of driftwood refineries.

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Grid obstructionists

Republican attorneys general keep suing DOE to stop new transmission corridors, then pretend interconnection delays are a mystery of nature.

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Climate book banners

State legislatures captive to the denial caucus literally ban agencies from using the words ‘climate change’ in resilience plans, guaranteeing communities stay unprepared.

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Daddy's Plan

Build clean, hire fast, defend neighborhoods

While the federal government rolls back climate policy, California keeps charging forward. Gavin has spent years living in the disaster zone: breathing the wildfire haze, evacuating communities, and rebuilding the same towns the fossil era keeps burning down.

The result? A resilient future where solar + storage keep the lights on, and young workers move into high-skill, union-track STEM roles that build the next generation of American infrastructure.

Solution

Clean buildout

Accelerate utility-scale solar + storage and keep interconnections moving.

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Solution

Climate workforce

National service programs placed people in on-the-ground climate work.

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Solution

Resilience

Heat, fire, and flood mitigation where people actually live and commute.

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Power metrics

Clean grid scoreboard

Progress you can measure right now.

Verified wins Closer to national standard = higher bar
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100%

Solar capacity added (2024)

Record year for new U.S. solar capacity.

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≈36 GW (record)

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Projected solar additions (2025)

EIA developer plans point to another huge build year.

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≈33 GW

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Percent

75%

American Climate Corps inaugural year

Reported positions filled in the first cohort (toward a 20k goal).

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Current status

15,000+ roles

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Source Library

Receipts for the climate plan

Charts, federal fact sheets, and EIA outlooks backing every claim about solar buildout and resilience.

  1. 1. https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/us-electricity-2025-special-report/insight-2-the-rise-of-batteries-plus-solar/
  2. 2. https://seia.org/research-resources/solar-market-insight-report-2024-year-in-review/
  3. 3. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64586
  4. 4. https://www.pv-tech.org/33gw-utility-scale-solar-installations-forecast-in-2025-us-eia/
  5. 5. https://renewablesnow.com/news/us-may-add-33-gw-of-solar-in-2025-over-half-of-planned-new-capacity-1280454/
  6. 6. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/solar-may-account-half-new-us-electricity-added-this-year-eia-says-2025-08-20/
  7. 7. https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/25/fact-sheet-during-climate-week-biden-harris-administration-announces-continued-progress-on-the-american-climate-corps/
  8. 8. https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/09/20/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-launches-american-climate-corps-to-train-young-people-in-clean-energy-conservation-and-climate-resilience-skills-create-good-paying-jobs-and-tackle-the-clima/
  9. 9. https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-launches-nationwide-environmental-justice-climate-corps
  10. 10. https://voicesforservice.org/legislative-updates/white-house-launches-the-american-climate-corps/
  11. 11. https://www.eenews.net/articles/republican-ags-linked-arms-to-fight-biden-energy-agenda/
  12. 12. https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/10/01/judge-rules-doe-effort-to-cap-energy-grants-is-illegal-00588136
  13. 13. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/supreme-court-seeks-us-views-republican-ags-challenge-climate-change-cases-2024-10-07/
  14. 14. https://statecourtreport.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/active-environmental-agendas-state-attorneys-general
  15. 15. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/18/florida-climate-change-language-ban-bill
  16. 16. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/climate/florida-climate-change-language-law.html
  17. 17. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29042024/florida-bill-bans-climate-change-from-state-policy/
  18. 18. https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/us-electricity-2025-special-report/insight-2-the-rise-of-batteries-plus-solar/
  19. 19. https://www.utilitydive.com/news/solar-project-delays-decreased-energy-information-developers/805540/