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Proc 10459ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10459

National Clean Energy Action Month, 2022

This proclamation designates October 2022 as National Clean Energy Action Month, calling on Americans to work together to mitigate climate change. It largely recites existing Biden administration climate goals and enacted legislation (Inflation Reduction Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) without creating new policy mandates, programs, or directing specific agency actions.

Federal Register Open PDF 87 FR 60249

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • October 2022 designated as National Clean Energy Action Month

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • No binding policy directives; purely hortatory language ('I call upon citizens')
  • Recites legislative achievements but creates no new implementation mechanisms
  • Vague on how 'frontline and fence-line communities' will actually receive benefits
Proclamation 10459: National Clean Energy Action Month, 2022 · Executive Orders