Tony Evers Leads The Fight Against Climate Change

 

     Even with a legislature long controlled by Republicans, Tony Evers has managed to take action on climate change.

     In February 2019, he joined the United States Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of 25 governors dedicated to maintaining the commitment of the United States to the Paris Agreement after President Trump withdrew in 2017. President Biden has since rejoined the agreement.

     In August 2019, Evers announced the goal of carbon neutrality for Wisconsin by 2050.

     In October 2019, he established the Governor's Task Force on Climate Change, which spent a year coming up with 55 recommendations for executive actions, budget proposals, and pieces of legislation designed to achieve carbon neutrality. The report was completed and released in November 2020.

     Encompassing justice, energy, transportation, agriculture, resilient systems, a clean economy, education, food systems, and forestry, it is now up to Evers to convince Wisconsinites to express their support for his goal and the individual steps necessary to achieve it.

     Evers' administration has seen real progress. He signed an executive order announcing the planting of millions of trees covering 150,000 acres in celebration of Earth Day 2021. As a result of negotiations with utility companies, Evers has secured the closure of Wisconsin's coal energy fleet by 2025. Wisconsin is now one of five Midwestern states to launch a collaborative network of electric vehicle charging stations. In four more years, Evers can continue to take more action on the existential threat of climate change.