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Where the Clean Energy Jobs Are: 2022
At the end of 2021, over 3.3 million people worked in wind, solar, efficiency and other clean energy fields, according to the Energy Department’s 2022 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, which uses...
View ArticleElectric Vehicles and the Power Grid 2023
National laboratories, utilities, and pilot projects have all found that electric vehicles (EVs) can be integrated into power grids in ways that benefit communities and vehicle owners while improving...
View ArticleEVs & Cold Weather Performance
While subfreezing temperatures affect how far any vehicle can travel — whether gas- or electric-powered — many EVs have unique capabilities that can help drivers cope with chilly temperatures. EVs can...
View ArticleOffshore Wind and Fishing: How Two Ocean Industries Will Coexist Off...
Much ado has been made about potential conflicts between fishing interests and offshore wind, but already the two industries–along with state, federal, and local governments–are engaged in...
View ArticleEVs aren’t enough: How buses, trains, biking, and walking can fight climate...
Transportation is the largest source of climate pollution in the U.S., largely because American transportation infrastructure is oriented around private car ownership (also called car dependency)....
View ArticleWhy U.S. Highways Perpetuate Racial Injustice
Car travel has long been synonymous with American culture and notions of freedom — from the national pastime of cross-country road trips to the name “freeway” itself. But the U.S. interstate highway...
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Where the Clean Energy Jobs Are: 2023
A Climate Nexus analysis finds that there were 3.2 million people employed in clean energy jobs, including wind, solar, electric vehicle production, and energy efficiency, as reported by the Energy...
View ArticleHow Car Dependency Costs Americans
Car dependency — the concept that infrastructure and transportation planning heavily favors cars over other forms of transportation — has been a defining feature of America’s transportation systems...
View ArticleWhy the Rise in Offshore Wind Costs is Temporary
The offshore wind sector has gained focus in recent months following the efforts of a number of U.S. offshore wind projects to renegotiate plans in light of ongoing inflation and supply chain...
View ArticleOffshore Wind and Whales: How Fossil Fuel Networks Are Spreading...
Since late 2022, anti-offshore wind groups have weaponized incidents of whales washing ashore on beaches along the East Coast, casting blame for the deaths on the ocean activities of the emerging...
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