Overview
What’s at Stake
By voting to cut federal investments in clean energy, infrastructure and pollution cleanup, some of Wisconsin’s Congressional lawmakers are pushing us toward a dirtier, more expensive future.
The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump in 2025 is already bringing some very ugly consequences to Wisconsin. It rips away incentives to help families and businesses save energy, giving huge tax breaks to big oil and gas instead. It dismantles the largest investment to fight climate change in U.S. history and prioritizes expensive coal mining and fracking.
Wisconsin has already lost out on more than $140 million in clean energy grants because of federal rollbacks on clean energy investments. Over the next decade, projections show that our state could miss out on about 17 gigawatts of generation capacity due to measures in the bill. That’s more energy than current peak demand for the entire state.
Fossil fuels always come with volatility. Even American oil is sold on a global market influenced by geopolitics, supply shocks and other events outside our control. Wind and solar, on the other hand, can be paired with battery storage to offer reliable American power at the lowest cost.
There is simply no path to American energy independence that relies heavily on fossil fuels. Wisconsin families and businesses could be enjoying lower bills and cleaner air instead of bracing for the next geopolitical shock.
Our federal representatives should be fighting to make our state a safe, healthy and affordable place to live, not cutting investments to fight climate change and support Wisconsin families.
