MACED’s energy efficiency internship program is just one of many initiatives designed to retrain workers laid off during the cratering of the coal industry over the last decade. According to a study by E4TheFuture and Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), nearly 2.25 million Americans work in energy efficiency, including 24,579 people in Kentucky.
Increasing productivity in the manufacturing sector means making more with less, and it is a primary driver of economic growth. Ohio businesses enhance productivity through process improvements that reduce waste—wasted time, wasted inputs, and wasted energy. According to a recent Environmental Entrepreneurs report, nearly 80,000 Ohioans work in areas related to energy efficiency deployment. From installer to […]
Cities are increasingly turning to clean energy jobs to boost their economies and keep electricity bills low. In the United States, 50 metropolitan areas account for half of all clean energy jobs, according to a recent report by Environmental Entrepreneurs.
Cleveland is a pretty good place to live if you are looking for work in the clean energy field. So says E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) in a ranking it released this week of the top 50 cities for clean energy jobs. The organization reports that those 50 metros have 1.8 million workers in such jobs — more than […]
The Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, and Boston regions lead the list of metropolitan areas that emerge as “America’s top 50 clean energy job engines,” producing 1.8 million jobs in energy efficiency and renewable energy—more than half of the country’s 3,176,8329 clean energy employment, Environmental Entrepreneurs reports in a survey released this week.
California’s climate and clean energy policies have driven more than $49 billion in public and private clean energy investments into California’s economy. (Source: Environmental Entrepreneurs)
Across America today, states, cities and businesses are leading the way in advancing energy efficiency through smart policies and technologies. The result has been an increase in jobs and investments that has made energy efficiency the biggest employer in the entire energy sector, with more than 2.25 million Americans now working at advanced HVAC companies, […]
According to a new report, jobs in energy efficiency now employ 2.25 million Americans. That’s a workforce equal to the waitstaff in U.S. bars and restaurants — and it’s almost double the amount of people in law enforcement. This jobs report comes from E2, a national nonpartisan group that pushes for environmentally and economically smart policies. […]
1.8 million Americans work in clean energy in the Top 50 clean energy metros; representing 58% of country’s 3.2 million clean energy jobs 7 states are home to at least Top 50 cities for clean energy jobs, led by California (8) and Texas (4) Ranking released as 25,000 Americans sign Clean Jobs Count pledge telling […]
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana region is the nation’s top metro area for clean-energy jobs and the Inland Empire ranks 16th, according to a study released Tuesday by E2, a national organization of environmental entrepreneurs. “Cities are seeing the benefits of shifting to clean energy, with jobs and economic growth,” said Bob Keefe, E2 executive director. […]
It’s important to note that California has more energy efficiency jobs than any other state, more than 300,000. That’s more than double the number of those in Texas, the state in second place, according to a report from e2.org and E4TheFuture.Org. … Hall had managed to not only explain to me what the move toward clean energy […]
The Top 50 metro areas for clean jobs now employ 1.8 million workers in clean energy technologies, accounting for more than one out of every two clean energy jobs in the country – which alone outnumbers the fossil fuel industry by around 700,000.
These are Americans who go to work each day making downtown skyscrapers more energy efficient; manufacturing Energy Star appliances and clean vehicles; installing solar panels on urban warehouses and suburban homes.
Unsurprisingly, the country’s biggest metropolitan areas – New York and Los Angeles – have the most clean energy workers. But smaller and mid-sized metro areas across every region in the continental US – such as Detroit, San Diego, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Phoenix, and Atlanta – all rank high on the list.
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If you are looking for additional insight into E2’s Clean Jobs Cities report or our other clean jobs reports, visit e2.org/reports or see Clean Jobs Count for a full interactive jobs breakdown of every U.S. state and clean energy industry. You can also contact E2 Communications Director Michael Timberlake ([email protected]).
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