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 […]
California is indisputably a world leader on climate action — and that commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions has driven substantial economic growth, from $66 billion in clean energy investments to nearly 540,000 clean energy jobs. With the state’s transportation sector — and the fossil fuels that power it — accounting for nearly half of […]
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 […]
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 […]
World leaders and thousands of others are gathering in San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit, the biggest climate conference ever held on U.S. soil. E2 is here in force too, with members, chapter directors and staff from every region of the country coming to town for the Sept. 12–14 summit. “I am attending […]
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. […]
GreenBiz highlighted an E2 panel from the GreenBiz 18 conference in Scottsdale, Arizona which focused on why clean energy businesses leaders across the spectrum increase their advocacy effort and make their voices heard to lawmakers on federal and state policy issues. Nicole Lederer, co-founder of E2 Jon Powers, co-founder of CleanCapital Emily Reichert, CEO of […]
By Amanda Levin As Oregon debates a Cap-and-Invest program that would reduce dangerous carbon pollution across the entire state, legislators are appropriately assessing the possible economic impacts. The proposed legislation would cap carbon pollution and gradually reduce it to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. Other states and countries have proven that a carbon cap […]