Climate change is battering America’s businesses — and with it, our entire economy. Last year, weather and climate disasters cost the United States $99 billion, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. International nonprofit CDP estimates climate change will cost businesses worldwide $1.3 trillion in the next five years. And in a survey of 750 business executives […]
An expanded clean energy economy is necessary to achieve the goals outlined in the Colorado GHG Pollution Reduction Roadmap. This transition will require a well-trained, clean energy workforce. Clean energy jobs accounted for half of all new jobs in the U.S. in 2018 and 2019. Even during the pandemic, there was still a 3 percent […]
In his address to Congress Wednesday night, President Biden is expected to speak more about how his American Jobs Plan and major investments in infrastructure, clean vehicles and climate action can create millions of good-paying clean energy jobs in every state in America. The speech marks a starting point for members of Congress to get […]
On Thursday, President Biden is expected to open his historic international Leaders Summit on Climate with a pledge to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at least 50 percent below 2005 levels by the end of the decade. This bold but very obtainable goal is not just good for our environment. It’s also good for business and […]
President Biden just announced some of the most sweeping climate and clean energy plans in history. Clean energy opponents are already rushing like dogs to a fence line, yowling that they will kill jobs and hurt our economy. Don’t believe it. As they say back in my home state of North Carolina, that dog just doesn’t hunt. […]
By William Barber III & Ethan Blumenthal As the state’s economy looks to recover from COVID-19, the clean energy industry provides an opportunity to both hasten our recovery and address other urgent challenges North Carolinians face, including racial inequity, job growth, job quality and climate change. That’s a lot to ask of a single industry. Fortunately, […]
This year reveals four large & inter-related crises: the Covid pandemic, economic disruption, racial injustice resurfaced, and climate emergencies. Like the best informed and effective leaders, I am trained to engage toward the highest common good. Now we are called to be root cause “students” of the inter-connected 2020 calamities.
Since founding a renewable energy business in rural Jefferson County nearly a decade ago, I’ve been fortunate to work alongside people whose grit, vision and ingenuity has helped our company grow and prosper. Although we started with just two workers, at the time of the coronavirus outbreak we employed about 40 women and men. All […]
More than 106,000 clean energy industry workers lost their jobs in March alone. A half-million clean energy workers could be jobless in the months ahead if Congress and state lawmakers don’t step up and do more to support what has become one our nation’s biggest employment sectors. Of course, many Americans are struggling. Nearly 22 million […]
The $2 trillion stimulus package announced Wednesday by congressional leadership will send badly needed emergency checks to struggling American families and make loans available for businesses to stay afloat and protect jobs. With Americans from every corner of our economy out of work and struggling, it’s a much-needed lifeline. Now, lawmakers must quickly turn their […]
We’re all working from home now. We’ve canceled events and postponed others. And we’re learning a lot about videoconferencing. But I want you to know that at E2, this pandemic also is sharpening our mission and strengthening our resolve. And you should know that we’re still getting good work done. COVID-19 has taught us we […]
E2 is excited to launch the third year of our 1 Hotels Fellowships. After a national search that resulted in about 100 applications from across the country, we introduced and convened our 2020 cohort of Fellows in San Francisco on Feb. 20. The 1 Hotels Fellowship at E2 is designed to support early to mid-career businesspeople […]