Spurred by record-low equipment costs and state-sponsored incentives, solar installation companies are flocking to Illinois. One of the fast-growing solar markets involves partnering with farmers willing to lease some of their acreage to cultivate solar energy rather than crops.
E2 is hosting breakfast and an intimate interview and Q&A session with Mary Nichols, Chair of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and one of our country’s fiercest champions for reducing pollution and combating climate change. Please contact E2 Operations Coordinator Zach Amittay ([email protected]) if you’re interested in attending.
Join E2 San Francisco for a lunch and discussion focusing on E2’s role in advancing major climate and clean energy legislation in California in the 2018 legislative session, and how our partner NRDC is using the courts to thwart the Trump administration’s rollbacks of basic federal environmental standards. RSVP Here Details Date: Thursday, November 1, 2018 Time: 12:00 […]
According to a report from E2, 1.8 million American clean energy jobs are located in the top 50 metro areas. They represent 58% of America’s total 3.2 million clean energy jobs. Every one of the top 50 metro areas employs over 10,000 clean energy workers. Michael Timberlake, the Communications Director for E2, answered some questions for CleanTechnica about the […]
Please join E2’s Rocky Mountains Chapter for lunch and discussion with business leaders, elected officials and friends to learn how the clean energy economy is increasingly bringing jobs to Colorado Springs and the state of Colorado. RSVP Here Details Date: October 23, 2018 Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm (lunch will be served) Location: Aspen/Pine Room, […]
Join E2 in Palo Alto for a lunch and discussion focusing on E2’s role in advancing major climate and clean energy legislation in California in the 2018 legislative session, and how our partner NRDC is using the courts to thwart the Trump administration’s rollbacks of basic federal environmental standards. RSVP Here Details Date: Monday, November 5, 2018 Time: […]
Clean energy industry now bigger employer than Boeing, Microsoft, Amazon SEATTLE– (October 11, 2018) – Nearly 83,000 Washington state residents now work in clean energy, putting the state in the Top 10 in the country for renewable energy employment and making it one of the biggest in the country for energy efficiency jobs. According 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.
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)
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. […]
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.
According to Clean Jobs Cities:
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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Statement from E2 Advocate Andy Wunder and Paired Power Inc. CCO Mark Bauhaus San Francisco, CA (September 10, 2018) – Today, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law one of the most ambitious clean energy policies in the world, accelerating and raising California’s current Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) to 60% by 2030 and establishing a […]