Today, non-partisan analysts at Energy Innovation released new modeling detailing the potential impacts of Project 2025 in each state. The new analysis compares two scenarios—one in which the radical Project 2025 agenda is implemented and another where the historic climate achievements of the Biden-Harris administration are protected and recent state progress is maintained. In every state modeled, the results find that Project 2025 will result in significant job and GDP losses, higher household energy costs, and higher climate pollution by 2035.

In Michigan, the modeling projects that Project 2025 would stunt economic growth and cost Michigan families billions over the next ten years, resulting in:

• Increased average annual energy costs of nearly $360 per household in 2035,
• $8.67 billion reduction in GDP in 2035, and
• Nearly 47,770 jobs lost in 2035.

“The data doesn’t lie: Project 2025 would prove devastating for local economies and families across the state of Michigan. Over the past four years, Michigan has emerged as a national leader in trailblazing climate policies that support economic growth—but Project 2025 is a direct threat to that progress,” said Justin Balik, Evergreen Action senior state program director. “Michigan families can’t afford billions in additional energy costs. And we cannot afford to lose the momentum that’s been building toward Michigan’s healthy, equitable, and prosperous clean energy future. For Michigan’s families, workers, and environment, we must reject the climate-denying, MAGA-led effort to drag us backward.” 

Read Energy Innovation’s full report here.