GreenBiz featured a story on the all E2 panel at GreenBiz 18. The 4-member panel focused on the increasing need for clean energy business leaders of all sizes to engage on advocacy matters and make their voices heard to lawmakers on federal and state policies. The panel included: Nicole Lederer, co-founder of E2 Jon Powers, […]
WASHINGTON (Feb. 14, 2017) – The Interior Department took another step to undo smart environmental standards by formally proposing the elimination of an Obama-era rule setting new standards for methane emissions (a highly destructive greenhouse gas). The standards aimed to limit wasteful venting and leaks from new and modified oil and gas industrial operations and […]
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, […]
With the Oregon State Legislature considering two versions of a bill to establish a statewide Cap-and-Invest program, E2 members from across the state sent this letter to all Oregon legislators urging both chambers to support this bill that will empower Oregon to continue its progress in combating climate change and to assert its position as […]
E&E News covers Trump’s State of the Union speech, remarking his emphasis on the importance of coal and a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill. But for critics of the president, they see the infrastructure bill as the latest iteration of attacks on environmental safeguards. “The scarce details we do have point to an approach that emphasizes […]
Statement from E2 Executive Director Bob Keefe WASHINGTON (December 4, 2017) – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing on its proposal to rollback an industry backed aimed to close a massive pollution loophole for commercial trucks and buses. This proposal would rollback emissions standards on so-called “glider” trucks that use old and […]
In June 2017, E2 released “Opportunity Lost: How Rolling Back the Clean Power Plan Hurts America’s Economy.”
The Trump Administration’s effort to unwind the Clean Power Plan (CPP) represents a failure to capitalize on the economic and environmental benefits of clean energy.
Analysis shows that the CPP could create up to 560,000 jobs and add $52 billion to the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2030. From states with relatively small populations like Maine and Montana to highly populated states like Florida, the CPP could have substantial employment and economic benefits – benefits that would disappear with the Trump Administration’s repeal of the policy.
Policymakers should oppose any efforts to weaken or rescind the CPP because doing so would reduce the employment and economic opportunities that come with it. Policymakers should also pursue other smart clean energy policies that support great efficiency, renewable energy, electric vehicles, and grid modernization efforts, which would further grow our nation’s economy while accelerating the urgently needed transition to a low-carbon future
View Report »In December 2016, E2 and E4TheFuture released Energy Efficiency Jobs in America, which found that energy efficiency is a massive employer with 1.9 million jobs nationwide and thousands of jobs in each and every state.
A The report, based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and a survey of tens of thousands of businesses across the country, provides detailed breakdowns of clean energy jobs not available previously, and it was developed and released in connection with a major U.S. Department of Energy study of all energy jobs in America.
The report was a follow-up to Clean Jobs America, a comprehensive clean energy jobs analysis released in March 2016 showing that 2.5 million Americans work in the clean energy sector.
To view the full report, along with fact sheets for all 50 states, please see here.
To view the national press release, please see here. An Illinois-specific press release is available here. A recording of our press briefing is here.
Social media graphics are available highlighting: the report’s cover, the Top 10 states, overall energy efficiency jobs, and size of energy efficiency businesses.
E2 executive director Bob Keefe posted a blog on the report here.
You can also follow the latest on energy efficiency jobs news at @e2org, @e4thefuture, or #CleanJobsAmerica.
For more detailed information on 12 Midwestern states plus select states in the Mid-Atlantic, see Clean Jobs Midwest, Clean Jobs New York, and Clean Jobs Pennsylvania. And stay tuned for state-specific clean energy jobs reports in Virginia and Colorado in early 2017.
To see what energy efficiency workers look like in action, check out what Energy Optimizers USA is doing in Tipp City, Ohio:
Or watch how some young entrepreneurs in California are helping save schools and building owners along the West Coast thousands of dollars on their monthly electric bills – and creating good jobs in the process:
The Navy, too, has recognized the value of energy efficiency both to its operations and to taxpayers:
E2 has been tracking the clean energy jobs sector closely since 2011, when we noticed an outpouring of stories questioning the health and growth of the clean energy economy. This just didn’t agree with the reality we’re seeing in our daily work.
All across America, we’re witnessing clean energy jobs being created almost every day — helping to rebuild our economy, address our energy problems, and improve our national security. So E2, whose 850+ members represent a broad cross-section of business leaders, including many on the front lines of clean energy, set out to document this growth.
In addition to Clean Jobs America, E2 for five years released quarterly reports showing a nationwide sampling of clean energy jobs announcements.
California’s 40-year commitment to energy efficiency has saved Californians $90 billion on their utility bills, created hundreds of thousands of efficiency jobs, and will have avoided the pollution from 41 power plants by the end of the next decade, according to a report published by NRDC and E2. However, the report cautioned that a major efficiency ramp-up is necessary to meet the state’s long-term climate and energy goals.
View Report »Ohio’s clean energy and transportation businesses and workforce are driving economic growth and providing cleaner, more sustainale energy options for communities across the state. However, the significant progress Ohio has made, and the thousands of jobs that have come with it, are currently at risk unless policymakers reinstate the state’s successful clean energy standards and level the playing field for additional clean energy development. Ohio’s businesses have the ingenuity, manpower and commitment to make the state a continued leader in manufacturing and developing clean energy and transportation technologies. However, they need clear market signals to invest in these growing industries and provide access to the clean energy sources and advanced transporation options that Ohio homeowners and businesses want.
View Report »More than 12,500 clean energy and clean transportation jobs and clean transportation were announced in 29 states in the second quarter of 2014. Arizona ranked first as the state with the greatest number of announced jobs this past quarter, followed by California, thanks to several announcements from the utility-scale solar industry. Michigan came in third followed by Utah, Massachusetts, New York, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, and North Carolina.
View Report »Nearly 5,600 clean energy and clean transportation jobs were announced throughout the U.S. in the first quarter of 2014. This is a significant decline from the previous two quarters. The decline stems in part from the expiration of federal tax credits critical to leveling the playing field for renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, like wind, solar, and energy efficient lighting, continuing attacks on state clean energy policies, and low natural gas prices. Because of ongoing regulatory uncertainty and other energy sector trends, businesses held back investments that would likely have led to more hiring in the clean energy and energy efficiency sectors.
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