By now, there’s a good chance the nation’s most important climate and clean energy policy is already creating jobs and driving economic growth in your state. And maybe in ways you might not expect. E2’s just-released analysis of the economic benefits since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law one year ago shows that private […]
Electric pickup trucks are cool. But when it comes to building a cleaner economy and creating the jobs and other economic opportunities that come with it, so are heat pumps, Energy Star appliances and climate finance, the Biden administration showed this week. While up in Michigan the biggest game-changing electric vehicle since Tesla — the Ford F-150 Lightning — stole the […]
From Day 1 in office, President Biden has taken a “whole of government” approach to climate action. Now, he’s laid out a “whole of economy” approach that promises to turbocharge clean energy, essential infrastructure and the jobs and other economic benefits that come with it. In short, he is addressing recovery today with investments in […]
The 11th hour funding stimulus and spending package from Congress includes some bright spots for clean energy and climate action as we round out an otherwise dark year. It couldn’t come soon enough. American workers and companies are struggling — including those in the business of making our homes, buildings and electricity supplies cleaner. Since the start of […]
In a different career, as the Washington correspondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper, I was lucky enough to get to know civil rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who was marching for black lives and was a target for police brutality long before I or George Floyd or Ahmaud Arbery or Breonna Taylor was born. As […]
DOE Clean Energy Programs Vital to American Innovation, Competitiveness — and Jobs Our federal government is failing us in many ways when it comes to addressing climate change and advancing clean energy. One area that is working: The Department of Energy’s ability to seed and grow clean energy innovation — innovation that is driving new investments, creating new jobs and reducing […]
Andrew Currie was fresh from selling his Internet software company when he looked around at the world and decided he wanted to do more to protect it. The climate was changing. Wildlife was disappearing. Clean energy was still facing an uphill climb on an uneven playing field against fossil fuels. And that was just what he could […]
California’s booming clean energy economy powers more than 500,000 jobs in every single part of the state, but there’s a significant obstacle standing in the way of its continued growth: The West’s highly fractured electrical grid. Fortunately, the California Legislature can fix this problem by passing Assembly Bill 813 to begin the grid integration process. […]