Moreover, clean energy has been an American success story: employment in the sector has grown by 10.4% since 2015, according to Clean Jobs America 2020 — a report sponsored by E2 and researched by BW Research. In 2019, clean energy made up 40% of employment in the energy industry and 2.5% of the nation’s overall employment.
The cumulative effect is changing minds — on both sides of the aisle. RepublicEn.org, and ConservAmerica are two Republican groups that argue that economic growth and environmental stewardship go hand-in-hand.