Sentences with phrase «from renewable energy jobs»

If you want your work to be green, you'll find all kinds of green jobs here, from renewable energy jobs to green building jobs, organic industry jobs, policy, planning and scientific jobs that restore our natural resources.

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Kottke offers a memorable quote from photographer Clayton Cubitt to illustrate this truth: «I think back to my struggles clawing my way out of the trailer park, the violence I survived, all the sh *** y jobs I had to work and the sh *** y bosses I had to tolerate, the extra 15 years it took me, and I find the renewable energy of gratitude for my survival.»

Will governments, investors and green - minded consumers, who put their faith in the sun's power to help wean us off our fossil - fuel addiction, back away from another technology that promised too much — in jobs and profits as much as in renewable energy — and failed to deliver?

Accelerating a transition to renewable energy would help B.C. reduce carbon pollution and increase jobs in the sector from 11,000 today to over 15,000 over the next 10 years.»

«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.

That is why the United States must lead the world in transforming our energy system away from nuclear power and fossil fuels and towards energy efficiency and renewable energies like wind, solar, geothermal and biomass which will provide safe and clean energy and create millions of good - paying jobs.

Notably absent, even from the original eight industry sectors, is renewable energy and green jobs, which a study commissioned several years ago by Buffalo Niagara Enterprise identified as a prime economic development opportunity.

There also needs to be a transition from a dependence on fossil fuels to renewable energy, and the country needs to retrain the workforce for the high - tech jobs that are available, Delgado said.

Future jobs in the renewable and sustainable energy, and energy independence from fossil fuels.

The draft North Country Regional Sustainability Plan's major goals include generating and exporting renewable energy from the northern tier, energy efficiency improvements, development of alternative heating fuels from within the region, sustainable use of natural resources to enhance jobs and business development and environmental stewardship.

Hawkins praised Stein's Green New Deal, a proposed plan that aims to create 20 million new jobs by transitioning from fossil fuel - based infrastructure to 100 % clean renewable energy by 2030, while also investing in improved public transportation and community - based agriculture.

According to a study from the Blue - Green Alliance (a partnership between the Sierra Club and the United Steelworkers) and the Renewable Energy Policy Project, requiring that 20 % of our electricity come from renewable sources by 2020 would create 820,000 jobs across theRenewable Energy Policy Project, requiring that 20 % of our electricity come from renewable sources by 2020 would create 820,000 jobs across therenewable sources by 2020 would create 820,000 jobs across the country.

Topics will range from energy efficiency investments and global commitments to renewables policy and clean energy jobs.

Or, you can enroll in a class to get solar job training from Solar Energy International or take classes on renewable energy at a local community coEnergy International or take classes on renewable energy at a local community coenergy at a local community college.

In the New Mexico of 2020 includes a move away from fossil fuels, a perfected use of renewable power sources, zero - emissions buldings, fewer miles traveled, less imported power and fewer power lines, micorgrids that produce their own electricity for hundreds of communities, a reconfiguration of human organizations that aligns with better pricing and energy supply, green collar jobs, and supportive local governments.

It's time decision makers in the Southeast move aggressively to maximize the growth of clean energy in our region by lining up the right policies, policies with great potential, so we can all benefit from what other regions have discovered: Promoting renewable energy creates good jobs, cleaner air, and lower electric costs.

The senator points out that money for green jobs comes not only from the stimulus but also from the Green Jobs Act of 2007, which calls for the government to spend $ 125 million per year on «energy efficiency and renewable energy» worker training.

A new report from Scotland found that renewable energy kills 3.7 traditional jobs for every «green» job it creates.

D.C. families would benefit both economically and environmentally from cleaner air and water, new jobs created in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and carbon rebate funds flowing into family bank accounts.

Cape Wind President Jim Gordon welcomed the news, â $ œToday's vote marks not just a successful conclusion to a seven - year state regulatory review of the Cape Wind project but the beginning of a new era of clean energy jobs and renewable power from the endless wind resources off our shore.»

The solar photovoltaic sector was the largest employer among renewable energy technologies, accounting for almost 3.4 million jobs globally, up nearly 9 % from 2016 following a record 94GW of installations in 2017.

And while colleges and universities, trade schools, and labor unions are all offering more training in renewable energy technology, you probably want to dig into the facts surrounding wind energy jobs themselves: the opportunities and outlook for the industry, requirements and expectations for specific jobs, and insights from professionals working in the field.

TEF itself also weighed in, funding a study which predictably concluded that U.S. renewable energy industries would «eventually» create 74,000 new jobs «from the ashes» of coal - related companies.

He wrapped it in promises of green jobs, profits from industry creating renewable clean energy, a stop to «bubble or bust» economic cycles, and all at no cost to the taxpayers because «polluters» pay the bill.

The US solar sector grew 12 percent last year, creating jobs 17 times faster than the American economy as a whole, says a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency.

In numerous states, ALEC has used studies by Suffolk University's Beacon Hill Institute (BHI) to claim that the «Electricity Freedom Act» will free ratepayers from the allegedly immense costs and job losses of renewable energy standards.

Yet despite the full employment assumption, STAMP routinely reports huge estimated job losses from government policies such as renewable energy standards.

We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas, and the amount of renewable energy we generate from sources like wind and solar — with tens of thousands of good, American jobs to show for it.

And in the long term, the state will benefit from an accelerated buildout of renewable energy, with all the jobs and economic development it brings.

We must rapidly transition from fossil fuels to 100 % renewable energy, replacing fossil fuel jobs with jobs in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

«California will not slow down our drive for clean air, renewable energy, and the good jobs that come from investing in green technologies,» Nichols said.

short answer A bad idea, since (i) they produce CO2 (partly responsible for the rise in global warming), (ii) there is a limited amount of fossil fuel from which we make valuable materials such as lubricants and plastics, (iii) fossil fuel resources are finite, so burning them means we are consuming a resource we can never replace, and (iv) we can actually build new industries and create many new jobs developing renewable sources of energy instead of burning fossil fuels.

Estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics suggest that the number of direct full - time equivalent jobs in renewable energy activities has continued to fall from its 2011 - 12 peak.

The new policy paper from the conservative Buckeye Institute in Columbus claims that continuation of the renewable energy standard would eliminate thousands of jobs and cost as much as $ 15.5 billion.

«A November 2009 German economic paper from the Ruhr University Bochum and RWI, a publicly funded research institute, concluded: «It is most likely that whatever jobs are created by renewable energy promotion would vanish as soon as government support is terminated.»

Our opportunity here isn't only about protecting the ocean waters of America, marine life, a favorite surf break, jobs or a given beach community; it's about demanding that our government utilize the best available science and data and listen to the massive outpouring of public opposition to destructive offshore oil and gas development, to shift the tides of energy development instead away from fossil fuels and toward renewables; it's about holding our President and federal agencies accountable for decisions they make about the management of the ocean; it's about protecting the ocean and every coastline from the atrocity and injustice of offshore drilling and exploration; it's about protecting clean water, air and beaches now and for the future; it's about protecting one another, and the Earth.

«His initiatives to stimulate renewable energy development would create thousands of jobs in California alone while moving us away from our addiction to fossil fuels.»

I expect that they will continue as they have done so far, importing the vast majority of their renewable energy, and energy in general, from out of state, sending those jobs and dollars to states that have a more favorable policy landscape and a more favorable landscape period.

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Share your support for the Clean Power Plan by learning more about — and highlighting — the many benefits it provides, from cleaner air to US jobs, energy savings to increased renewable energy.

He supports development of clean, renewable energies, because they benefit the environment and create new jobs while moving us away from reliance on foreign oil.

MAKING UNEXPECTED INROADS IN WASHINGTON DC: A few months ago, when a bit more of a nonpartisan spirit prevailed, Felix Kramer joined a delegation of several members of Environmental Entrepreneurs from around the country with teams that visited dozens of Senators, Representatives and key agency officials and their staffs, making the case that investing and spending on efficiency, renewable energy and a low - carbon economy can generate jobs, save money, and improve economic and strategic security.

«The rise of people - owned renewables heralds an inspiring transformation of our energy system — reclaiming power from the Energy Giants and creating local jobs and stronger communenergy system — reclaiming power from the Energy Giants and creating local jobs and stronger communEnergy Giants and creating local jobs and stronger communities.

It is obvious from the poll that Americans understand the importance to both the economy and to job creation of leading the world in the clean, renewable energy sector.

Renewable energy jobs reached an estimated 7.7 million in 2014; 2.5 million of those jobs came from the solar industry.

A boom in solar and wind power jobs in the US led the way to a global increase in renewable energy employment to more than 8 million people in 2015, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agencyrenewable energy employment to more than 8 million people in 2015, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (Ienergy employment to more than 8 million people in 2015, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy AgencyRenewable Energy Agency (IEnergy Agency (Irena).

The March for the Ocean is promoting a rapid transition from drilling and spilling to clean, job - generating renewable energy.

Transitioning away from fossil fuels to renewable energy is a way to both mitigate climate change and create jobs.

What's unique about this renewable energy project is that it isn't advocating or looking for any one - size - fits - all answer to our energy needs, but rather takes a state - by - state approach and sets out a plan for each one, including the projected energy mix for 2050, the number of jobs created in the process, the health and economic benefits, and the projected energy cost savings that can result from it.

Around 25 % of the UK's power now comes from renewable sources — an indigenous energy supply that creates no pollution, is immune to global commodity price rises, enables us to hit climate change targets and creates jobs and industry right here in Britain.