Clean Energy Employment Initial Impacts from the COVID-19 Economic Crisis ReportsBy Erin SnyderDecember 9, 2020 Before COVID-19, nearly 3.4 million Americans across all 50 states and the District of Columbia worked in clean energy occupations, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, grid modernization, clean vehicles and fuels. That’s more people than work in real estate, banking or agriculture in the U.S., and three times the number of Americans that worked…
Slow Job Growth in November Leaves 446,000 Clean Energy Workers Unemployed as COVID Cases, Shutdowns Surge Press ReleasesBy Erin SnyderDecember 9, 2020December 9, 2020 Slow Job Growth in November Leaves 446,000 Clean Energy Workers Unemployed as COVID Cases, Shutdowns Surge Clean energy businesses face weakening federal incentives unless Congress acts before holidays At rate since June, sector would need 36 months to reach pre-COVID employment Job growth slowest since unemployment peaked in May WASHINGTON, D.C. –…