The E2 1Hotels Fellowship supports emerging business leaders execute projects that amplify the business and economic case for smart policies to address pressing environmental issues. In September, E2 announced our 2018-2019 class of 10 fellows at the Global Climate Action Summit. This will be the second of three webinars showcasing our new class of remarkable fellows working on […]
Please join national nonpartisan business group, E2, and your fellow Las Vegas area business leaders for an invitation-only gathering and networking event to learn more about E2 and how Nevada’s updated renewable energy policy and other new legislation are poised to create jobs, drive economic growth and bring new clean energy investments to the Silver State. This […]
WASHINGTON (July 23, 2019) – House energy committee leaders today—led by chairman Frank Pallone of the Energy and Commerce Committee, chairman Paul Tonko of the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee, and chairman Bobby Rush of the Energy Subcommittee—vowed to enact a “bold” plan to achieve 100 percent clean energy by 2050. The new initiative would […]
“Just like agriculture, biotech and banking before, clean energy is helping reshape North Carolina’s economy once again – and creating thousands of good-paying jobs along the way,” said Bob Keefe, Executive Director of E2, in announcing the report’s findings on Thursday. “Lawmakers now have the opportunity to keep those jobs growing by implementing the right suite of […]
The California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance (CCEEB) is pleased to announce E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) as this year’s Edmund G. “Pat” Brown Award recipient. CCEEB recognizes E2 for its ability to bring together business leaders, investors and professionals from every sector of the economy to advocate for smart policies that are good for the […]
Clean jobs grew 3.5% in 2018, placing NC 8th among all 50 states Clean energy employs 10X more workers as fossil fuels in NC Mecklenburg, Wake, Iredell, Montgomery, Durham counties lead state in clean jobs per capita. Rural areas home to 29,000 clean energy workers RALEIGH (July 18, 2019) – More than 110,000 North Carolinians […]
North Carolina is the Southeast’s leader in clean energy jobs. Not only does the Tar Heel state rank among the top 10 states in the country across clean energy categories such as solar energy, energy efficiency, and overall clean energy.
According to Clean Jobs North Carolina 2019 (downloadable PDF), the state’s clean energy jobs grew 3.5 percent last year – nearly double statewide employment growth (1.9%) —and now account for more than half of North Carolina’s entire energy sector workforce (212,172). Clean vehicles led all sectors in growth, adding more than 1,000 jobs for a 19.5% growth rate.
Along with being a national pioneer in solar energy as the No 2. state for installed solar and No. 9 for jobs, North Carolina is fast becoming a powerhouse in energy efficiency as well with over 86,000 jobs – employing more workers in energy efficiency alone than 39 states do in all clean energy sectors.
All 100 counties in North Carolina—from Cherokee to Currituck—are home to residents who work in clean energy jobs, and 26 counties are home to at least 900 jobs. And while the metropolitan areas of Charlotte and Raleigh combine to make up the largest portion of the state’s clean jobs (37,700), its rural areas account for 25 percent of all the state’s jobs in renewable energy, efficiency, storage, and clean vehicles and fuels (29,000).
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 North Carolina 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.
The complete report is available for download at this link.
Clean Jobs North Carolina is only one in a series of state and industry reports produced by E2 and our partners.
Taking a stand and making necessary changes will create and save jobs, not snuff them. Forbes in April reported: “The renewable energy industry has become a major U.S. employer. E2’s recent Clean Jobs America report found nearly 3.3 million Americans working in clean energy — outnumbering fossil fuel workers by 3-to-1.”
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Advocacy is at the center of everything E2 does – but we can’t do anything without the strong voices of our members. So how do you get your message across to lawmakers and policymakers, whether at the statehouse, the U.S. Capitol or by phone or email? Please join E2 for a special Advocacy 101 webinar […]
“The promise of retiring coal plants early not only will benefit ratepayers and Colorado’s environment,” said Susan Nedell, Mountain West Advocate at Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), “but also continue to build on Colorado’s strong clean energy economy, which already employs more than 57,000 workers across the state.”