E2 is delighted to welcome three bright undergraduates to the team this summer as part of our inaugural E2 Clean Energy Diversity Internship. Thanks to a grant from a generous E2 member, this internship will help educate and expose these young professionals to opportunities in clean energy and advocacy. Interns will work with E2 advocates […]
E2 has been hard at work in 2018, already releasing four updated jobs reports—including Clean Jobs America 2018, Clean Jobs Pennsylvania 2018, Clean Jobs Colorado 2018, and the inaugural Clean Jobs Rural America analysis of the Midwest. But we’re just getting started! Below are some of the anticipated jobs reports to keep a look out […]
In the first six months of 2018, E2 leveraged its membership and nonpartisan bona fides to meet with dozens of members of Congress and federal agency officials at the likes of EPA, the Department of Energy and the Department of Transportation, to continue advocating on policies that are good for our economy and our environment. […]
Our Clean Jobs Count Campaign launched in May and is rapidly gathering steam! Uniting business leaders, investors, and workers across the country, Clean Jobs Count is building a nationwide voice telling lawmakers to stand up for clean energy policies and reject any attempts to roll them back and the jobs that come with them. Once […]
Recently I was fortunate enough to visit with some longtime E2 members in Silicon Valley, where we got our start 18 years ago. I always love hearing stories of our early advocacy trips to Sacramento, seeing the camaraderie, and feeling the collective pride in helping to change our world. Earlier that day, I had lunch […]
Throughout 2017, awareness of E2 and its members reached new heights driven by a wave of state jobs reports that garnered media attention national and locally across the country. We also have reached an unprecedented level of new social media audiences. Since October, E2 and its members have been covered in Politico, E&E News, Bloomberg, Huffington Post, […]
One of E2’s biggest federal priorities has been ensuring that Congress and President Trump didn’t kill clean energy with their 2017 tax reform legislation. When Congress began debating the tax bill, E2 knew that clean energy incentives such as the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for solar and the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind would […]
1) Clean Cars Campaign E2 will use jobs data, business voices and our communications resources to defend fuel economy standards while promoting advanced transportation technologies, including smart highways, low carbon fuels, and charging stations. 2) Tax Extenders Some incentives vital to clean energy (including those for commercial energy efficiency and renewables like small hydropower and geothermal) were […]
Thanks to the support of E2 members and NRDC, E2 has added new staff throughout the country to help us advance our issues in 2018. Please meet and welcome the new E2 staffers who have joined us recently, and see here for background and contact information for the entire E2 team. In New York, Noah […]
Last November, E2 was thrilled to formally announce the 10 inaugural fellows for our new E2 1 Hotels Fellowship Program, an initiative aimed at advancing our advocacy work and developing new leaders. This fellowship was made possible through a generous personal donation from Barry Sternlicht, 1 Hotels founder and chairman & CEO of Starwood Capital […]
E2 California is delighted to report on the success of our campaign to pass Senate Bill 32 – new 2030 climate targets for the state. These targets will reach a 40% reduction below 1990 levels – a doubling from our 2020 targets. SB 32 was the centerpiece of our work in 2016, and we rolled […]
As we enter the seventh month of the Trump presidency, it’s becoming clear that the president and his cabinet are not interested in supporting the 3 million Americans who work in the clean energy economy or the renewable and energy efficiency sectors that are driving the clean energy jobs boom. We have seen this administration […]