Plan ignores climate-friendly benefits of offshore wind WASHINGTON, DC (April XX, 2019) – The Trump administration today released a plan to expand offshore drilling leases off the the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. The Proposed Five Year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program, issued by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for 2019-2024, would unnecessarily expose […]
THE MIDWEST ADDED MORE than 28,000 clean energy jobs in 2018, resulting in a 4 percent growth rate, according to a recent report released by national advocacy groups Clean Energy Trust and Environmental Entrepreneurs. The 12 Midwestern states employed more than 737,000 workers in the clean energy industry last year, with 71.5 percent of those jobs falling under […]
Wisconsin added nearly 1,800 new clean energy jobs last year despite a slowing of jobs growth in the industry nationwide, according to a new report. National advocacy groups Environmental Entrepreneurs and Clean Energy Trust have released a study that found Wisconsin jobs in the clean energy industry grew by 2.4% last year, compared to 2017.
An annual survey by two clean energy organizations, E2 and Clean Energy Trust, says Michigan had 126,081 clean energy jobs in 2018, more than 11 other states in the Midwest region. More than 65% of the clean energy jobs in Michigan are in energy efficiency, and more than 20% are in advanced transportation, including electric vehicle and […]
The fourth annual Clean Energy Jobs Midwest report suggests strong state and federal policies like energy standards or emission-reduction goals are key to driving clean energy job growth. Yet Michigan, Ohio and Indiana — with relatively weak clean energy policies compared to states like Illinois and Minnesota — are in the top four for total […]
Wisconsin continues to add renewable energy jobs, even as the industry saw a national slowdown in 2018. That’s according to the latest Clean Jobs Midwest report from national advocacy groups Environmental Entrepreneurs and Clean Energy Trust.
Statement form E2 Midwest Advocate Micaela Preskill CHICAGO (April 10, 2019) – The Chicago city council unanimously passed a resolution to establish a goal of transition to 100 percent clean energy by 2035, becoming the largest city in the country to make this commitment. According to a brand-new report released Tuesday by the national, nonpartisan […]
A new survey says Indiana and Minnesota had the Midwest’s biggest growth in clean energy jobs last year. The fourth annual Clean Jobs Midwest survey found that Indiana’s clean energy jobs grew by 4.7% last year, tying it with Minnesota. The survey by the nonprofit Clean Energy Trust and the business and investor group Environmental […]
Indiana saw huge job growth in the hybrid and electric vehicle industry last year. The number of people working in that sector jumped 18 percent from 2017. But employment across the state’s entire clean energy industry is expected to slow down this year. The latest Clean Energy Jobs Midwest report shows Indiana added more than 17,000 jobs […]
More than 55,000 Missourians now work in clean energy industries after adding 1,562 jobs in 2018, according to a new analysis of energy jobs data from Clean Energy Trust (CET) and the national, nonpartisan business group E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs). Overall, Missouri now employs 48,174 more workers in clean energy than fossil fuels (7,695).
The number of Minnesota jobs in energy efficiency and renewable energy grew by nearly 5 percent from 2017 to 2018, bringing total clean energy jobs to more than 61,000, according to a report released Tuesday at the State Capitol.
State Rep. David Leland (D-Columbus) today released the following statement in response to the report on clean energy jobs in the Midwest released Tuesday by the Clean Energy Trust and Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2): “We are the first generation to understand the human causes of climate change—and the last generation to be able to stop it. The results […]