Reports
New York Clean Economy Works | An Economic Impact Analysis of Major Clean Energy, Vehicle Projects
Large-scale clean energy projects announced in New York one year after the IRA are projected to create or support more than 7,000 jobs and generate tens of billions of dollars in new wages, tax revenue, and economic growth.
April 17 2024
E2 + BW Research
Releases
$120,000 Awarded to Six Emerging Clean Energy, Environmental Entrepreneurs
National nonpartisan business group E2 and sustainability-driven hotel brand 1 Hotels announced today the 2024 E2 1 Hotels Fellowship class at E2. This is the sixth year of the annual fellowship, which awards six young business leaders $20,000 each to execu...
March 19 2024
Reports
Clean Jobs Pennsylvania 2023
Pennsylvania’s clean energy economy grew 4.3 percent and added nearly 4,000 new workers in 2022. Clean energy now accounts for over one third of all energy industry jobs in Pennsylvania, a strong statement for the nation’s second largest energy producer.
December 18 2023
E2 + Energy Efficiency Alliance + Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia + Sustainable Pittsburgh
Reports
Clean Jobs New Jersey 2023
New Jersey’s clean energy economy grew 6 percent and added over 3,000 new workers in 2022. Clean energy grew 2.5 times faster than the overall state economy and was the 4th fastest growing clean energy workforce in the nation.
December 5 2023
E2
Releases
E2: NJ Adopts Zero-Emission Vehicle Standards, Targets 100% of New Car Sales by 2035
“By making cleaner vehicles more available to local consumers, the state is investing in a cleaner future and its zero-emission vehicle market, which has continued to grow and create high-quality, local jobs. Over the last two years, employment in New Jerse...
November 21 2023
Reports
Clean Jobs New York 2023
New York’s clean energy economy grew 3.6 percent and added nearly 6,000 new workers in 2022. Clean energy now accounts for over 50 percent of all energy industry jobs in New York. The state’s 166,014-person clean energy workforce is the third largest nation...
November 20 2023
E2 + New Yorkers for Clean Power
NJ Spotlight News
DEP wants to shut down sales of new gas-powered cars starting in 2035
Uchenna Bright, Northeastern state advocate at Environmental Entrepreneurs, disagreed. “We have nothing to gain by dragging our feet. The time to act is now,’’ she said.
September 22, 2023
TOM JOHNSON
Insider NJ
New Jersey is ready for cleaner cars, cleaner air and climate action
“By adopting these standards, New Jersey will tap into a huge economic opportunity to mitigate the economic and human costs of the climate crisis and unchecked air pollution while also creating career pathways and high-quality jobs for the local New Jersey ...
September 21, 2023
Habitat Magazine
Co-op and Condo Green Retrofits Are Good for the Environment — and the Economy.
“Especially in New York City, buildings, particularly existing buildings, are one of our big challenges,” Uchenna Bright says. “Decarbonization and energy efficiency are still very much a huge market within the city, and there’s still a lot more work to be ...
September 18, 2023
Crain's New York
New York metro leads the U.S. in clean energy jobs
"Because of policy," Uchenna Bright, the northeast advocate with E2, tells Crain’s in an interview," I think, our city and state is up there leading with not just the technology, but the workers to get it done.”
September 15, 2023
CAROLINE SPIVACK
WBZ-Boston's News Radio
Massachusetts in the top 10 for the most clean-energy jobs in the country
Massachusetts is in the top 10 for the most clean-energy jobs in the country per a new ranking from Environmental Entrepreneurs, better known in the industry as E2. The group finds there are close to 120,000 workers getting clean and green paychecks right h...
September 15, 2023
NJ Spotlight News
Clean-energy jobs powering growth in national economy and NJ
The clean-energy economy added more than 3 million jobs across the nation last year with New Jersey among five states that recorded job growth in the sector of more than 6%, according to a new report.
September 15, 2023
TOM JOHNSON
Cronkite News
Arizona added 2,374 clean-energy jobs in 2022, near pre-pandemic levels
The annual Clean Jobs America report by Environmental Entrepreneurs – or E2 – said the bulk of the 61,583 clean-energy jobs in the Arizona were in energy-efficiency fields, like efficient lighting, heating and insulation. But Arizona also had almost 12,000 ...
September 14, 2023
Renee Romo
WWLP
Mass. seventh among states in clean energy jobs
Massachusetts had the seventh most clean energy jobs among states in 2022, according to a report released Thursday by a national business group. There were 118,165 clean energy jobs in Massachusetts last year, an increase of about 5,000 jobs over 2021 and o...
September 14, 2023
Colin A. Young
Massachusetts Politico Playbook
Here’s what the IRA did for Massachusetts in the past year
The two other energy projects include an offshore wind terminal in Salem and a solar project in Worcester. The solar project, announced only a few weeks ago, is being built near Holy Cross College, according to E2 data.
August 17, 2023
MIA MCCARTHY and KELLY GARRITY
The Center Square
Federal clean energy spending full steam ahead | Pennsylvania
A new report concludes that federal investment grew clean energy jobs in the last year as more than two-thirds of states clamored to develop projects. Pennsylvania rounds out the top 10 states that offer the most clean energy jobs, according to an analysis ...
August 15, 2023
Christen Smith
Pittsburg Business Times
Pennsylvania jumps to top 10 in clean energy jobs
Pennsylvania is now among the top 10 states with the most jobs in clean energy for the first time, according to E2’s Clean Jobs Pennsylvania factsheet. The factsheet was also covered in Blogorama,PA Environment Digest Daily, and Targeted News Service Online.
March 14, 2023
Releases
Report: PA Surges to Top 10 in Clean Economy
Resurgent Clean Energy economy shows path forward to raise wages, reduce emissions, and revitalize communities. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania– Pennsylvania’s clean energy economy is growing rapidly across the Commonwealth–revitalizing its job market and boostin...
March 13 2023
Reports
Clean Jobs Pennsylvania 2022
Pennsylvania’s clean energy economy is growing rapidly across the Commonwealth–revitalizing its job market and boosting it into a position of national leadership, according to a comprehensive analysis of employment data released today by E2.
March 13 2023
Releases
NJ Residents Will Reap Benefits From 100% Clean Energy by 2035
E2: Announcements propel NJ “into a position of national leadership in the clean energy transition” New Brunswick, NJ – Governor Phil Murphy announced new targets and commitments aimed at bolstering New Jersey’s climate adaptation efforts and speeding th...
February 24 2023
CRAIN'S NEW YORK BUSINESS
Op-ed: Lift cap on direct sales to accelerate zero-emission-vehicle adoption
Uchenna Bright, E2’s Northeast State Advocate, penned an Op-Ed for Crain's New York Business. “Pollution from commercial trucks is decimating frontline communities, both in New York and nationwide,” She wrote. “Governor Hochul, along with her colleagues in ...
February 22, 2023
Uchenna Bright
Reports
Building Opportunity: New Jersey
The Garden State is home to nearly 33,000 people who are employed in work directly related to constructing high-performance, climate-friendly, decarbonized buildings capable of running on 100% clean power. The work they engage in includes activities like in...
December 5 2022
E2
New Jersey 101.5
Report: 6 NJ counties among nation’s most threatened by storms, climate
In a new report that details the economic toll of climate change, six New Jersey counties appear on a list of the 100 counties nationwide that are expected to experience the greatest loss related to weather and climate on an annual basis. "Every state in th...
October 23, 2022
Dino Flammia
WPXI-TV, 11 News
Energy Jobs in Pennsylvania
For "Our Region's Business," Bill Flanagan talks to Bob Keefe about the economic opportunities of clean energy in PA.
July 12, 2022
Bill Flanagan