The 11th hour funding stimulus and spending package from Congress includes some bright spots for clean energy and climate action as we round out an otherwise dark year. It couldn’t come soon enough. American workers and companies are struggling — including those in the business of making our homes, buildings and electricity supplies cleaner. Since the start of […]
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2020 Ends With 429,000 Fewer Americans Employed in Clean Energy
Due to the hard-hitting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the clean energy industry finished 2020 with its fewest number of workers since 2015. (Read More)
January 13, 2021
Slow Job Growth in November Leaves 446,000 Clean Energy Workers Unemployed as COVID Cases, Shutdowns Surge
At rate since June, sector would need 36 months to reach pre-COVID employment (Read More)
December 9, 2020
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December 7, 2020
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