Boise, ID, Mather, CA and Denver, CO – Today, President Biden will visit California and Idaho to discuss the urgent need for a stronger national response to the growing damage from climate-fueled wildfires. Tomorrow, he will be in Colorado at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to focus on how we can continue to grow our national clean energy economy. Alongside his visit, the League of Conservation Voters launched a digital ad campaign in Boise, ID, Mather, CA, and Denver, CO to urge Congress to take bold climate action and ensure the country invests in clean energy, high-quality union jobs, and environmental justice. This campaign follows ad buys highlighting Biden administration visits to Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia where ads encourage communities to support climate action and clean energy jobs.
The campaign will focus on ensuring climate action is a top national priority. The ads are part of a broader effort to highlight how vital clean energy jobs are to the nation’s recovery, including transformational investments and policies to:
Support for Federal Climate Action
National polls continue to show strong support for making climate change and investing in clean energy infrastructure a top priority. In a recent poll commissioned by Climate Power:
At the end of April, 79 California state and local officials, 14 from Colorado, and 8 from Idaho, including Governor Newsom and Polis, signed a letter calling on Congress to support President Biden’s plan and ensure our federal infrastructure plan invests in a clean energy future and environmental justice. They joined over 1200 leaders from all 50 states and DC urging Congress to seize this moment as our last best chance to tackle the climate crisis.