Gov. Evers: Delivers Radio Address, Celebrates National Clean Energy Week by Highlighting Administration’s Efforts to Build a Cleaner, More Sustainable Future

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today, in celebration of National Clean Energy Week, delivered his weekly radio address highlighting his administration’s efforts over the past seven-plus years to build a sustainable, clean energy future in Wisconsin. This comes as, last month, Gov. Evers celebrated the release of the 2026 Clean Energy Plan Progress Report by the Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy (OSCE). The progress report underscores the achievements made over the last year to advance the goals established by the state’s Clean Energy Plan, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions through clean energy sources while also creating thousands of new jobs and lowering energy costs for families across Wisconsin, as well as investing in job training and apprenticeship programs in innovative industries and technologies.

Since Day One, Gov. Evers and the Evers Administration have been committed to promoting climate resilience and building a clean energy economy in the state. In his first year in office, Gov. Evers joined theU.S. Climate Alliance, of which he was the first Midwest governor to serve on the executive board and as co-chair. The governor, along with his fellow U.S. Climate Alliance governors, is committed to collectively achieving the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement to combat climate change and has established an ambitious goal of ensuring 100 percent carbon-free electricity consumption in Wisconsin by 2050. In 2019, Gov. Evers also created the Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change, which advised and assisted the governor in developing strategies to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change for the benefit of all Wisconsin communities.

In addition to joining the Alliance in 2019, in his first year in office, Gov. Evers signed Executive Order #38 to create the OSCE, charging the office with developing the Wisconsin Clean Energy Plan to promote the development and use of clean and renewable energy across the state, advance innovative sustainability solutions that improve the state’s economy and environment, and diversify the resources used to meet the state’s energy needs.

In accordance with Gov. Evers’ Executive Order #38, the state’s first-ever Clean Energy Plan wasreleased in 2022, providing a roadmap for the state to lower energy bills and prices at the pump for Wisconsin families, promote energy independence by reducing reliance on out-of-state energy sources, create an estimated more than 40,000 jobs by 2030, and invest in job training and apprenticeship programs in innovative industries and technologies. Since creating Wisconsin’s Clean Energy Plan four years ago, OSCE has released annual clean energy progress reports to outline the strides the state is making to meet our clean energy goals.

Throughout the year, Gov. Evers and his administration have also remained steadfast in fighting federal attempts to reverse course on combating the climate crisis as well as slash and claw back millions in already approved and agreed-upon dollars for clean energy innovation, both in Wisconsin and across the nation.

A transcript of the governor’s radio address is below.

Hey there, folks. Governor Tony Evers here.

This week is National Clean Energy Week!

Conservation and protecting our natural resources are core to who we are as Wisconsinites—it’s in our DNA.

And our work to conserve and protect our lands, waters, and air and respond to an ever-changing climate has never been more important, especially as the Trump Administration continues to put this work in jeopardy.

Folks, we don’t have to choose between good-paying jobs and a strong economy and taking care of our planet and protecting our environment. Here in Wisconsin, we’re doing both.

Wisconsin is ready for bold and urgent solutions that will stop treating these goals as mutually exclusive.

That’s why, since Day One, I’ve made it a top priority of my administration to invest in the clean energy future Wisconsinites deserve.

We created our Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy. I tasked that office with creating our state’s first-ever Clean Energy Plan.

Our Clean Energy Plan outlines strategies to lower energy bills for families, reduce reliance on out-of-state energy sources, invest in job and apprenticeship training, create more than 40,000 jobs by 2030, and, of course, build the clean energy infrastructure our state needs.

We recently released our 2026 Clean Energy Plan Progress Report, which outlines the strides our state is making to meet our clean energy goals.

This includes:  

• New investments and partnerships to bolster nuclear fusion energy and establish Wisconsin as a national hub for fusion energy commercialization;
• The approval of enough solar projects to power over 1 million homes, with more on the way;
• Building electric vehicle charging infrastructure across our state;
• Fighting the Trump Administration’s attempts to slash and claw back millions of already approved dollars for this work, and much more.

The proof is in the pudding, folks. Ensuring our state is prepared for the 21st Century doesn’t mean abandoning all of our state’s history and traditions—we aren’t and we won’t. Thank you.