Only legislation can lay out a long - term road map, create certainty, and drive investment in
clean energy jobs.
The release states that from 2010 - 2014, clean -
energy jobs in the region grew twice as fast as job growth overall in the region.
It also would require fair labor standards be followed when creating new
green energy jobs.
Such support for the state's wind energy industry has led to the addition of over 9,000 jobs in 2014, bringing the state's total
wind energy jobs to 17,000.
What's key, a disproportionate percentage of green -
energy job growth is occurring in politically conservative parts of the country.
The governor's office press release adds clean
energy jobs grew 78 percent from 2000 to 2014, compared to total 11 percent for total employment in the state.
This mandate provides certainty and demonstrated commitment to development of renewable energy, which, in turn, will support the growing clean
energy job sector.
A very active individual with a
high energy job that likes to hike, might benefit from a higher energy prospect.
These same three states also made the top 10 in total clean
energy jobs per thousand people.
Renewable
energy jobs reached an estimated 7.7 million in 2014; 2.5 million of those jobs came from the solar industry.
The president was trying to pass an economic recovery bill that included $ 90 billion in green projects — the groups should talk about clean
energy jobs instead.
If successfully brought to commercial operation, the projects will potentially create thousands of new
green energy jobs and capital.
In partnership with the ILR School's Worker Institute at Cornell University and Climate Jobs NY, this initiative focuses on accelerating energy efficiency and renewable energy growth to make New York a magnet for new energy technologies and creating 40,000 new, good - paying clean
energy jobs by 2020.
«Continuing to finance outdated technologies that destroy our environment also destroys our chances for clean
energy job creation.
«This bill also sets strong targets for American solar energy production, to ensure we compete vigorously with China and Europe for
solar energy jobs.»
Top 10 clean job states: California, Florida, and New York landed the
most energy jobs in the second quarter.
Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailFor many Canadians, a clean
energy job probably conjures up images of working in an engineering lab, manufacturing solar panels, or assembling a wind turbine.
Wind
energy jobs now exceed coal mining jobs (02/01/2009) Wind industry jobs now outnumber those in coal mining, reports CNNMoney.
A wide range of benefits will flow from a concerted effort to alter our energy economy now, including
sustainable energy job growth, reductions in the health and economic costs of climate change, and the restoration of ecosystems and revitalisation of ecosystem services.
«This bill will sustain an estimated 2,000 additional clean
energy jobs right here in Maryland.
This new renewable energy manufacturer will add 155 new jobs to the existing 26,000 + clean
energy jobs located in all regions across North Carolina and will continue bolstering...
Because a solar thermal power station operates like a conventional coal or gas power station — but without greenhouse gas emissions — many of the jobs require the same skill sets as
conventional energy jobs.
These new jobs are distributed across the entire country — with California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Michigan some of the biggest clean
energy job creators so far.
He ran a piece a couple weeks ago entitled Memo to swing Senators: You are going to vote on a bipartisan, economy - wide climate and clean
energy jobs bill this spring.
Hays understands the renewable
energy jobs market and the unique and rewarding nature of the work.
First, the oilsands and clean
energy job numbers in our report only address «direct employment» — i.e. neither figure includes construction jobs, nor do they include the «induced» jobs in other parts of the economy (like baristas and realtors and staff at the Mac store).
In fact, the report shows that we can achieve big reductions at low cost, using flexible solutions that drive investment in clean energy to reduce carbon emissions 26 percent by 2020, saving lives and creating clean
energy jobs across the country.
When will the House GOP stop wasting time on fruitless dirty energy support when it could be creating clean
energy jobs with the wind power production tax credit?
Obama has time and again shown little chutzpah on climate, though the window is so wide open, the link to clean
energy jobs so clearcut, I'm kind of jonesing for a line like:
Renewable
energy jobs continue to grow — in total, the global renewable energy sector employed 9.8 million people in 2016.
«A John Horgan New Democrat government will put forward a climate action plan before the next election that will have real targets to cut carbon pollution, with a commitment to meet them, and will have a plan to create many new clean technology and renewable
energy jobs while protecting our existing industries from unfair competition.
OSWEGO, N.Y. - In response to the planned shutdown of FitzPatrick nuclear plant, Central New York politicians, labor leaders and others today called upon Gov. Andrew Cuomo to «do whatever it takes» to protect
Upstate energy jobs.
He comes to the job from the Blackstone Group, the firm that recently won Cuomo administration approval for a controversial $ 2 billion power line that unions have slammed as
outsourcing energy jobs to Canada.
States also reap the benefits According to the New York Times, one
energy job offers 3 times the purchasing power of a non-energy job, so when prices are high, these workers have more money to put back into the economy.
We demand that governments commit to retrain and rehire workers, make clean
energy jobs accessible to everyone, and ensure that communities who have had to bear the brunt of climate change and dirty fossil fuel projects are given economic opportunities and the resources they need to recover from climate impacts.
A consortium of Illinois community colleges wants state utility leaders and regulators to prioritize accredited programs when doling out money from a
state energy jobs training fund.
The effect is a moratorium on
shale energy jobs, shale energy economic growth and shale energy revenue for state and local governments.
Phrases with «energy jobs»