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Article: After Hard Year, Promise of Unparalleled Jobs Growth

Resource: Article: After Hard Year, Promise of Unparalleled Jobs Growth

Despite overall decline, clean energy remains the biggest job creator across America’s energy sector, employing nearly three times as many workers as work in fossil fuel extraction and generation. More Americans still work in clean energy than work as middle and elementary school teachers, bankers, farmers or real estate agents. Median hourly wages for clean energy jobs also are about 25 percent higher than the national median wage, and also pay better than most fossil fuel extraction jobs.

Read the full report on clean jobs in America.

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Sectors:
Energy EfficiencyGeneral Clean TechGreen BuildingSolarSustainability EducationSustainable Ag., Food & LandTransportation & FuelsWind

Topics:
Employment Industry Projections,

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