One of the greatest side benefits of climate action is that it creates a lot of jobs. Not only that — it creates a lot of well paying jobs. Solar installers, solar panel manufacturers, wind turbine technicians, electric vehicle engineers, electrical engineers, and the list goes on. But how many jobs? And how well do they pay? E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs), the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), and the Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI) have some answers.
“At the end of 2019, more than 3.3 million Americans worked in clean energy occupations — renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean vehicles and fuels.”
“That is more Americans who worked in clean energy than worked as schoolteachers, real estate agents, farmers or bankers — and nearly three times the number of Americans that work in fossil fuel companies.”
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One of the greatest side benefits of climate action is that it creates a lot of jobs. Not only that — it creates a lot of well paying jobs. Solar installers, solar panel manufacturers, wind turbine technicians, electric vehicle engineers, electrical engineers, and the list goes on. But how many jobs? And how well do they pay?