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Fireside Chat: California Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-43) and Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Los Angeles, Lauren Faber O’Connor

WHAT Please join E2, in collaboration with Young Professionals in Energy (YPE), for an intimate discussion with Assemblymember Laura Friedman. The Assemblymember will be interviewed by Lauren Faber O’Connor, Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Los Angeles and discussion topics will include California’s clean energy economy, Assemblymember Friedman’s AB-383 (Clean Energy Financing Clearinghouse), and water conservation policy. Andy […]

Letters: Trump, Louisiana should consider clean energy, too

President Donald Trump, who recently traveled to Louisiana to talk about energy jobs, shouldn’t forget about one of the fastest-growing and most promising energy sectors in America right now: clean energy. Last year, clean-energy jobs grew by nearly 4 percent and now employ nearly 3.3 million Americans. That’s more people than work in real estate, […]

Michigan Businesses Band Together for Clean Water

Campaign focuses on importance of water to state’s economy GRAND RAPIDS (May 15, 2019) – Driven by the importance of water to the state’s economy, Michigan business leaders are banding together to call on lawmakers to pass smart policies to ensure safe, sufficient and clean water from source to tap. Businesses for Clean Water, a new […]

Renewable energy projected to surpass coal in America

A report done by nonpartisan business group ‘Environmental Entrepreneurs’ shows nearly every U.S. state saw an increase in clean energy jobs last year. In fact, jobs involving renewable energy outnumbered fossil fuel jobs three to one, and employers expect job growth to continue.

Colorado steers toward electric-vehicle standard, while talking to auto makers about alternate route

“Coloradans want more clean vehicle options. Adopting the (zero-emission-vehicle) program would provide consumers the choices they want and businesses the markets they need to grow,” Susan Nedell, with the national business group Environmental Entrepreneurs, said in a statement.

Clean Jobs Rural America 2019

430,000 Clean Energy Jobs Across America’s Rural Regions

Clean energy creates jobs, supports local tax bases and infrastructure development, while providing new opportunities for farmers—driving economic benefits that are becoming ever more apparent. In rural communities facing economic challenges, investments in wind, solar, and energy efficiency are growing. This report from E2 focuses on one part of America – the rural Midwest – that exemplifies the growth in clean energy jobs in rural areas nationwide.

Clean energy employed more than 430,000 people across the rural U.S. in 2017, accounting for 13 percent of nation’s total clean energy jobs. Of these jobs, about 320,000 are in energy efficiency fields while 50,000 are renewable energy jobs.

Key Findings:

• In 34 states, clean energy jobs account for a larger share of overall employments in rural areas than urban ones
• Clean energy employment represents a bright spot in rural communities that have otherwise lost population and jobs
• Energy efficiency alone employs 82,844 more rural workers than fossil fuels
• 99% of U.S. wind capacity is in rural areas
• Clean energy accounts for 2.5% of total employment in rural areas

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This report follows E2’s Clean Jobs America analysis which found the clean energy jobs account for nearly 3.3 million jobs across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Both reports expand on data from the U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) produced by the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) in partnership with the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), using data collected and analyzed by the BW Research Partnership. E2 is a partner on the USEER, the fourth installment of the energy survey first released by the Department of Energy in 2016. Clean energy jobs have grown every year since the first report was released in 2016.

If you are looking for additional insight into E2’s Clean Jobs Rural America 2019 or our other Clean Jobs America reports, visit e2.org/reports. You can also contact E2 Communications Director Michael Timberlake ([email protected]). An FAQ is also available here to answer any questions.

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Colorado Residents Push for Zero Emission Vehicle Program

At a briefing in Denver this week, the national, non-partisan business group E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) joined electric vehicle (EV) advocates from across the state to celebrate the recent slate of EV bills passed by the Colorado legislature last week and unveil a new video on the current state and future of Colorado’s EV industry. According to E2, the bills […]

Groups Call for Colorado to Lead EV Transition

Key air commission could accelerate vehicle electrification with action this Friday Denver (May 7, 2019) —Clean car advocates in Colorado came together to urge the state to immediately take the next major step towards vehicle electrification when the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) is scheduled to begin consideration of the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) […]

OURTRANSPORTATIONFUTURE.ORG: New Broad-Based Advocacy Effort Boosts Regional Initiative to Reduce Vehicle Pollution

Forty-eight local, regional and national groups today launched a new coalition, Our Transportation Future, established to help Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states develop a regional clean transportation system that protects public health, curbs climate-changing pollution, expands economies and improves the flow of commerce. The coalition will support states’ efforts to address a transportation system that is unworkable, […]

House Votes to Restore US Climate Leadership

Statement from E2 Director of Advocacy Grant Carlisle WASHINGTON (May 2, 2019) – A day after 500 business leaders sent a letter to Congress urging  passage of H.R. 9—the Climate Action Now Act— the bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives, making it the first climate legislation to pass in a decade. The legislation requires […]

500 Business Leaders to Congress: Pass H.R. 9 or Risk Ceding Economic Growth In Clean Energy, Other Sectors

Letter signed by nearly 500 business executives, entrepreneurs, and investors says failure to restore Paris Agreement threatens America’s economy, global leadership WASHINGTON (May 1, 2019) – In a letter delivered to every member of the U.S. House of Representatives,  nearly 500 business leaders from across the country urged legislators to support the passage of H.R. […]

At the Intersection of Cleantech & Defense

Join us for a panel discussion on the intersection of cleantech and defense. The US Department of Defense relies heavily on electricity and non-renewable fuel sources to carry out energy intensive military operations. The reality of climate change threatens US National Security and it is mission critical that DoD strengthen their climate resilience. Needless to […]