WASHINGTON, DC – During his address to Congress on Wednesday night, President Biden is expected to speak about his American Jobs Plan that promises to create millions of good-paying clean energy jobs with investments in infrastructure, clean vehicles and climate action. Following is a statement from Bob Keefe, executive director of the national nonpartisan business […]
Capital is one of the most important factors limiting the establishment, expansion and growth of minority-owned businesses. Without adequate funding, minority owned firms face significant challenges in reaching their full potential. At the same time, marginalized communities – including communities of color, rural and low income communities – also lack the cost savings and other […]
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed today to re-establish the authority California and 13 other states to set emissions standards for cars and light-duty trucks sold in their states. The move comes a little over three years after the Trump administration’s EPA first announced it would weaken Obama-era car standards. E2 was the first […]
At the same time, many businesses and utilities recognized that the broader economy was heading toward renewable sources of energy, in large part because wind- and solar-generated energy has become much cheaper than energy generated from fossil fuels. There are about 3 million clean energy workers in America, according to the latest annual jobs report […]
New report points to potential for clean energy job growth in Illinois Clean energy sees first recorded drop in overall jobs, yet policies like the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) hold promise for unparalleled growth in years ahead Sector recovered 7,000 jobs since unemployment peaked in Q2 CHICAGO (Apr. 22, 2021) – Clean energy jobs […]
Ads link clean energy and the outdoor industry with more economic growth, jobs WASHINGTON (April 21, 2021) – E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) launched a $50,000 ad campaign in Colorado and New Mexico this week criticizing federal leasing of Western public lands to oil and gas producers for delaying economic growth and deterring investments that could go […]
The U.S. had reported as many as 600,000 clean energy job losses at one point last year, but a strong rebound reduced that number to about 307,000 job losses by the end of the year, said Bob Keefe, executive director of Environmental Entrepreneurs, on Monday. Colorado’s clean energy industry employed 58,182 people at the end […]
The only industries to come out ahead in 2020 were wind, which saw a modest growth of 2,000 jobs, and electric vehicle manufacturing, which grew by 3% and added over 12,000 jobs. Those electric vehicle gains “would not have happened if companies like Ford, GM and VW had not decided in the latter half of […]
Bob Keefe, the executive director of E2, said many clean energy companies are struggling to find enough workers with the right training. The country already has more clean energy workers than real estate agents, farmers or bankers, his organization noted. “They’re not blue state jobs, they’re not red state jobs,” Keefe said. ‘These are red, […]
Other Biden environmental goals, such as increasing the use of electric vehicles, have drawn concerns from unions that fear such a move could imperil the jobs of autoworkers. Still, clean energy employs nearly three times as many workers in fossil fuel extraction and generation, according to an employment report released Monday by Environmental Entrepreneurs, a […]
Wind, solar, and other clean energy jobs rebounded in late 2020 from devastating losses stemming from Covid-19, but the sector has roughly 300,000 fewer jobs than it did before the pandemic, according to a Monday report
Clean energy sees first recorded drop in overall jobs, yet policies hold promise for unparalleled growth in years ahead Sector recovered 300,000 jobs since unemployment peaked in Q2 Clean vehicles and wind energy finish year in the positive, despite early losses WASHINGTON, DC – Clean energy jobs surged nearly 11 percent in the second half […]