• Energy

Renewable Energy Sector Has Lost 600,000 Jobs Due To COVID-19

• clean energy
• COVID-19
• jobs
• renewable energy
• solar energy
• unemployment
• wind energy

Using the latest Labor Department data, E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs), the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), and other analysts reported on Wednesday that 594,347 workers in clean energy occupations, representing 17.8% of the industry’s workforce, filed for unemployment benefits in April and March. 

Why This Matters:  The oil and gas industry really is the squeaky wheel getting the grease.  The number of jobs lost in that sector is likely only a fraction of those lost in the renewable energy sector.

• Ocean

Ocean Acidification Will Cause Big Economic Losses in the U.S.

• coral reefs
• fisheries
• jobs
• king crab
• ocean acidification

A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released last week as part of a Congressionally-mandated review of ocean acidification, states that increasing acidity in the U.S. ocean waters could cause “billions of dollars in damage to the U.S. economy,” with detrimental impacts on Alaskan fisheries and tourism due to degraded coral reefs in Florida and the Caribbean.

Why This Matters:  Climate impacts are costing our economy already due to severe weather events such as wildfires and hurricanes.  Even though increasing ocean acidification may not be visible to the eye, its costs are just as devastating.

• Politics

Countdown to #ClimateForum2020 – One Key Topic Will Be Job Creation

• #ClimateForum2020
• climate change
• jobs

As we look ahead to the Climate Forum we are co-hosting next week with New York Magazine, Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service, and MSNBC, we want to highlight key issues and topics we think will be discussed with each of the candidates. One of the major issues surrounding taking on the climate crisis […]

• Politics

Ford and GM to Add Jobs In MI to Build EVs

• cars
• Clean Car Rule
• electric vehicles
• EVs
• Ford
• General Motors
• jobs
• tax credit

Last week, both Ford and General Motors (GM), the largest American car manufacturers, announced plans to add jobs in Michigan to build electric vehicles, as both companies plan to substantially expand their lineup of electric vehicles to meet expected growing demand in the U.S. and in an effort to chip away at Tesla’s market share of EVs.