An American Industry Could Be Cut Adrift – And Our Jobs Are on the Line
E2 worked with these voices (Brooks, Lew, Griffin) to amplify their message against the EPA’s actions on Pebble Mine to DC beltway audiences.
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Cap-and-trade bill runs into headwinds
E&E News discusses the current status and issues facing Oregon’s effort to launch a California-style cap-and-trade system. “Those who are opposed just want to buy more time,” said Erik Wohlgemuth, chief operating officer of sustainability nonprofit Future 500, who is lobbying state lawmakers in Salem today with the group Environmental Entrepreneurs. “This has been studied, […]
Op-Ed: There’s an Affordable Path to Clean Energy for New Jersey
New Jersey Assemblymember, Andrew Zwicker, writes an op-ed instilling hope in a future in clean energy. Clean energy is already a tremendous job-driver in New Jersey. Three times more New Jerseyans work in solar- and wind-related jobs as do in fossil fuel electric generation. An analysis by ReThink Energy NJ and Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a national, […]
Proposed Energy Dept. Budget Would Take A Hatchet To Clean Energy Programs
The Trump administration may ask Congress to slash renewable energy and efficiency programs at the Department of Energy by more than 70 percent in the next fiscal year, sparking immediate backlash from environmental groups and lawmakers. Bob Keefe, executive director of the green group E2, said the move amounted to an organized effort to cut “innovation […]
Energy Gets Short Shrift In Trump’s First State Of The Union, “Clean Coal” Highlighted
Clean Technica mentions Trump’s mediocre reference to the country’s energy industry during his State of the Union Speech, which was not well received by some of the country’s industry bodies and activists. “Trump’s single-minded vision on energy was on full display tonight,” said Bob Keefe, executive director of E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs). “Not only has there […]
Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Vision Sets Sights on Gutting Clean Energy Research
WASHINGTON (January 31, 2018) – President Trump’s draft budget proposal for fiscal 2019 would cut funding for the Department of Energy’s programs on renewable energy and energy efficiency by 72 percent. Statement from executive director of E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) Bob Keefe: “Tuesday night President Trump failed to even mention a single clean energy industry. Now he […]
Trump’s Single-Minded Energy Vision Threatens US Energy Production
WASHINGTON (January 30, 2018) – President Trump’s first State of the Union tonight confirmed his administration’s fossil fuel-exclusive vision of US energy and ignored the millions of Americans who work in clean energy industries to the detriment of the economy. Not once during the entire speech did the president mention the solar, wind, energy efficiency, geothermal, […]
409 Clean Energy Business Leaders Pen Letter To Donald Trump Opposing 30% Solar Tariff Decision
Clean Technica amplifies E2’s letter organizing 409 clean energy business professionals in opposition to US President Donald Trump’s recent decision to impose a 30% tariff on solar. “While the industry has made great strides and the market continues to mature, make no doubt that the short-term ramifications from this decision will cost tens of thousands of American […]
Oppose Tariffs That Will Hurt American Solar Workers
In a letter to President Trump, E2 members urge him to reject levying a tariff on foreign made solar panels which will result in thousands of American jobs and slowed growth for our solar sector.
Tax Bill Opens Public Lands for Drilling While Nearly Wrecking Clean Energy Sector
E2 statement from executive director Bob Keefe WASHINGTON (December 19, 2017) – Wednesday, the House is expected to complete passage of the final tax bill, sending the tax overhaul package to President Trump’s desk. While the final $1.5 trillion bill removes damaging language that would have repealed or weakened important clean energy incentives like the […]
E2 Joins Major Energy Jobs Tracking Initiative
New USEER report will build on E2’s past clean energy jobs work WASHINGTON (December 5, 2017) – E2 has joined Energy Futures Initiative, the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) and other organizations to produce the most comprehensive study of clean energy and other energy jobs in America. The 2018 U.S. Energy and Employment […]
Clean Jobs Nevada 2017
Report
There are more than 31,000 clean energy jobs in Nevada, according to Clean Jobs Nevada 2017 released in October 2017 by E2 and local partners the Clean Energy Project (CEP). The complete — available here or by clicking the cover below — was released in connection with CEP’s 2017 National Clean Energy Summit at the Bellagio Resort and Casino.
Key Findings:
- Energy Efficiency Jobs – 16,000
- Renewable Energy Jobs – 14,500
- Solar Jobs – 13,800
- Clean Vehicle Jobs – 549
- TOTAL Colorado Clean Energy Jobs – 31,194
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If you are looking for additional insight into E2’s Clean Jobs Nevada 2017 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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