The one-time head of the governor’s climate change task force now helps connect Wisconsinites to historic levels of funding for energy efficiency and combating climate change—”to make sustainable attainable.”
President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act invests $370 billion over the next several years to improve energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gasses, and create jobs—but that only works if the funds get into the hands of people who make the equipment, hire the installers, make decisions for their businesses, or pull the trigger on their own home improvements. That’s where former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes comes in.
As president of a new group, Forward Together Wisconsin, Barnes is using his previous experience as the leader of Gov. Tony Evers’ Task Force on Climate Change to help connect Wisconsinites to information and funding. The work will be done statewide but with an emphasis on communities that might otherwise be left behind as more experienced groups, businesses, and people pursue the dollars and tax credits.
