FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 2, 2025
Yesterday, the Senate decided to make it much more difficult for America to continue its leading role in driving innovative energy solutions, and for higher education institutions to both implement and benefit from the policies that encouraged this innovation.
Higher education has been at the vanguard of shaping new solutions through its research and discovery, serving as the foundation for new industries to form, new jobs to be created, and new workforces to emerge. While the energy sector is just one area where our sector leads these transitions, it is a critical one that many of our community members benefit from. This recent Senate action stifles our sector’s ability to serve this key societal need.
Additionally, the higher education sector has had a long-standing commitment to practice what it teaches, putting energy solutions in the ground as part of campus operations that allow for living and learning labs to train our country’s students in the latest technologies and emergent industries. The clean energy tax credits and provisions for higher education institutions to directly benefit from these credits have catalyzed hundreds of projects at colleges and universities across the country, resulting in investments and jobs in their local communities, from Athens, Ohio, to Charlotte, North Carolina.
Second Nature leads a network of over 400 higher education institutions, and we steadfastly stand with the organizations and coalitions that are urging House members to respond to the Senate’s action with smarter energy policies that will benefit all sectors in the economy.
