Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans' attacks on clean energy have raised utility bills for people nationwide. In response, state leaders are advancing clean energy to lower energy costs and pollution. Here are the most important state laws and actions so far this year, and how LCV and our state partners in the Conservation Voter Movement helped make them happen.

Each month, LCV shares five stories about the impact of our work. This month, we’re focusing on how we helped defeat the Trump/Musk agenda in Wisconsin, broaden voting access in New Mexico, and advance clean energy progress in two of the nation’s largest cities — all while investing in future climate leaders and representing the environmental movement at the D.C. Hands Off! rally.

State elected leaders have the obligation to protect their constituents. President Trump’s extreme and unconstitutional executive order is yet another attempt to undermine local control and raise prices on everyday Americans to bailout big coal company CEOs.

This year, in legislatures and governors’ offices across the country, we have already seen champions announce ambitious new plans and seek to “Trump-proof” climate goals. In the memo below we’ve laid out new state level clean energy legislation, proposed public transportation and electric vehicle investments, and actions taken to hold the biggest polluters accountable.

This month we’re looking back at the most read stories from 2024. Our readers honed in on the climate action made possible by federal investments, states’ clean energy progress, clean school buses, and state democracy wins. You’ll also learn about a recent major clean energy victory in Massachusetts.

Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation.

In 2024, states continued to enact ambitious policies driving the U.S. transition to clean energy. In the League of Conservation Voters’ (LCV) latest annual Clean Energy For All: Clean Energy Success in the States report, we detail how 31 states made exciting clean energy progress in 2024 led by our affiliated organizations in the Conservation Voters Movement.