November’s meager additions to clean energy employment continues a steady but slowing pattern of growth in the six months since the industry’s low point in May of more than 620,000 jobs lost. The report notes that “Black and Hispanic workers continue to suffer from disproportionately high levels of unemployment” as compared with their white counterparts.
California had the largest monthly increase in November, with more than 1,700 jobs returning in November, though growth in the state still hovers below a half percent. And Georgia is faring particularly badly, with its clean energy sector facing more than 30 percent unemployment.