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| COVID-19 sacked clean energy jobs in U.S. and they haven't come back |
| 2020-09-01 |
| h/t Instapundit [UPI] - Before the coronavirus pandemic arrived this year, clean energy was one of fastest-growing sectors in the U.S. economy. But since moderate stages of recovery began, experts say the industry has struggled to find footing. Just 3,200 jobs returned to the clean energy sector in July, Labor Department data shows. That 0.1% employment growth has left more than 500,000 workers in fields including energy efficiency, solar and wind energy and clean vehicles without a job, an industry-sponsored analysis by the BW Research Partnership shows. The last few months have seen a major reversal of fortune for a sector that grew 70% faster than the entire economy between 2015 and 2019 and had been employing three times as many workers as real estate, banking or agriculture. ..."Out of the 3.2 million people who work in the clean energy field -- or did up until this year -- the vast majority are in the energy efficiency field," Bob Keefe, executive director of the non-partisan advocacy group Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), told UPI. "Those are people who go into buildings and do everything from installing insulation in the walls and ceilings to swapping out incandescent lighting for LED lighting. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #14 Never seen a zombie in black leggings, seen a few feral pigs in Portland thou. |
| Posted by: bbrewer126 2020-09-01 18:52 |
| #13 ..no, those are zombies. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-09-01 18:35 |
| #12 So you live in Portland Glenmore? :) |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2020-09-01 17:57 |
| #11 Got pigs. Feral pigs. LOTS of feral pigs. Want some? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2020-09-01 17:47 |
| #10 ...but does your backyard have a CHICKEN, sir? |
| Posted by: Zenobia Sloluse6324 2020-09-01 17:44 |
| #9 COVID may have made it hard to get the needed wind and solar components, largely from China. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2020-09-01 17:43 |
| #8 Frankly, it seems you have enough to worry about in yours. Mine is quickly reopening |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-09-01 17:40 |
| #7 ...Outside your back yard. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-09-01 17:22 |
| #6 You just have to learn to see long term effects, FG. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-09-01 17:20 |
| #5 Kinda fun to play that card back at you. UNO, draw 4 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-09-01 17:19 |
| #4 But it did. Denier |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-09-01 17:19 |
| #3 ^So I don't want to hear that Covid hurts the economy from you again. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-09-01 17:17 |
| #2 So er regulated (i.e. mostly rent seeked into existence) jobs have gone. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-09-01 16:00 |
| #1 "Those are people who go into buildings and do everything So plenty of work in Kenosha and Portland, eh? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-09-01 15:27 |