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Driving the Region Forward: Transportation Electrification in the Southeast
As national momentum builds towards a decarbonized transportation sector, the Southeast is experiencing substantial growth across the transportation electrification space, from electric vehicle manufacturing investment and employment to charging infrastructure and EV sales. However, with much of the Southeast lagging the national average for EV sales, there is still much more work to be done […]
E2 Mtn West Action Alert: CDOT Rule-making (10/14/21)
Updated Letter of Business Support – Strong Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Standard for Transportation Planning
Michigan’s clean energy sector recovering from pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic hit the Midwest clean energy job market hard, with more than 17,000 workers at one point filing for unemployment. But the industry appears to be rebounding, according to an analysis of employment data released by the nonpartisan business group E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) and Clean Energy Trust. Clean energy companies employed 113,456 Michiganders at the […]
Clean energy job sector trying to recover from pandemic
According to the nonpartisan business group E2, or Environmental Entrepreneurs, more than 115,000 Illinoisans worked in the clean energy sector at the end of last year, with workers in all of the state’s 102 counties. The final 2020 job numbers show an 8.2% drop in Illinois’ clean energy workforce from 2019, representing more than 10,000 […]
The Midwest lost clean energy jobs in 2020, but there were signs of hope, new report says
The pandemic year of 2020 saw a sharp decline in clean energy jobs across the Midwest, the first year-to-year drop since the 2017 inception of annual clean energy jobs reports by the Clean Energy Trust and Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2). At one point in 2020, more than 131,600 Midwest clean energy workers had filed for unemployment, […]
EVs Are Not Only Great For The Environment, They Also Create Jobs
The 2021 Clean Jobs America’s Stats On EVs and Clean Energy Jobs According to the 2021 Clean Jobs Report, which looked at the previous year (2020), clean vehicle manufacturing jobs defied the overall energy sector job loss patterns and grew by nearly 3%. This was due to automakers shifting to cleaner and more efficient electric cars, […]
E2 Support for Zero-Emission Vehicle Direct Sales in New York
E2 members and supporters wrote to New York legislators in support of passing the Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Direct Sales bill. The bill will allow entities that manufacture or assemble zero emission vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in the state to sell direct to consumers. Allowing direct sales will play an important role […]
100% EV Sales Bill a “Giant Leap Forward” for NY’s Clean Vehicle Industry
ALBANY – On Monday, April 26th, New York State passed a bill (S.2758/A.4302) that will require 100 percent of new sales of passenger cars, light trucks and off-road vehicles be zero-emission by 2035, and larger truck and bus sales by 2045. The clean vehicles industry in New York currently employs 9,000 workers, according to the […]
Support Accessible & Trustworthy Public Electric Vehicle Charging in Washington State
As the Washington Legislature considers Senate Bill 5192, which will ensure an accessible and reliable public electric vehicle charging system in Washington state, 32 Washington private sector executives, investors, entrepreneurs, and other business professionals signed onto this E2 letter in support of the proposal.
State Proposes Electrification of Diesel Truck Fleets to Further Smog Reduction
“‘The business community in California may not always be homogenous,’ says Andy Wunder of E2, one of the business groups that signed the letter. ‘And there is a lot of excitement from our clean energy companies and fleet owners and operators to see this Advanced Clean Fleet rule come through.’