[Keefe] surveys how corporate and legislative efforts to protect the environment are creating jobs, lowering consumer costs, and increasing corporate profits. In the private sector, Keefe details North Carolina company Trane Technologies’s work developing robust heat pumps, explaining that the machines 'use electricity to gather heat, condition it with refrigerant, and move it around' in a process that is 'three to five times more efficient than traditional HVAC systems' and saves the 'average household about $500 a year.' Highlighting how lawmakers are advancing the 'clean economy revolution,' Keefe lauds former Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker for signing a 2022 law requiring the state to 'develop new offshore wind resources,' which Baker believed would serve as long-term generators of jobs and economic growth. Keefe makes a convincing argument that public and private entities need to work in tandem to combat the climate crisis, pointing out that electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla owes at least some of its success to a $465 million loan from the Department of Energy. The emphasis on how clean energy benefits consumers, workers, and the economy offers a potent message for bridging political division around the issue. Keefe’s insights will appeal to business leaders and climate activists alike.

Publishers Weekly

In Clean Economy NOW, Bob Keefe masterfully illustrates what Milton Freidman told us decades ago: There is power in tapping free enterprise to solve our environmental challenges. Through his in-depth look at how American businesses are responding to the climate crisis, he shows that a healthy economy and a healthy environment can – and should - go hand-in-hand.

Bob Inglis, former US representative and executive director, republicEN

Federal and state clean energy policies are unlocking unprecedented economic opportunity for businesses across America and helping improve equity in the places most in need. Read this book and you’ll understand how and what it all means to your company, your community, and our planet.

Ariel Fan, founder and CEO, GreenWealth Energy

We’re at the beginning of the business opportunity of a lifetime – and the best opportunity we have left to combat climate change, improve equity, and expand clean energy for all. To understand the connections between policy, economy, markets and trends, smart business leaders should read Clean Economy NOW.

Jon Carson, founder and managing partner, Trajectory Energy Partners; former Chief of Staff, White House Council on Environmental Quality

If you want to understand the once-in-a-generation opportunities of America’s clean economy revolution, read this book. As author Bob Keefe lays out, businesses are leading the way, and the only thing that can stop us now is if we make the mistake of letting smart climate investments get caught in the crosshairs of our political and cultural wars.

Benji Backer, founder and president of the American Conservation Coalition and author, "The Conservative Environmentalist"

The transition to a clean economy isn’t about sacrifice. It’s about creating jobs, saving money, keeping our kids healthy and our world safe. In Clean Economy NOW, Bob Keefe lays out how America has finally gotten on a path to a brighter tomorrow – and why it would be disastrous for us to turn back now.

Gina McCarthy, former U.S. EPA Administrator (2013-2017)