Energy

• [New] 7 in 10 voters - Democrats, Republicans and independents - want Congress to pass the American Jobs Plan with its investments in clean energy and infrastructure. / LasVegasSun.com
• Renewable energy in a long run will influence economic growth, providing energy security, green jobs that will contribute to sustainable growth and development in Nigeria. / Energy News | Oil and Gas News
• In choosing a clean energy trajectory, India has the opportunity to reduce air pollution deaths, generate jobs in new sectors, attract global finance, and meet its energy security goals by tapping its extensive solar potential. / Brookings
• Retrofitting with carbon capture technology would draw upon a similar workforce that exists today in energy communities and could create thousands of new jobs while positioning American industry to compete in a global economy that is rapidly turning toward decarbonization. / The White House
• A majority of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans all think it is important that the American Jobs Plan includes proposals to combat climate change and create an equitable clean energy future. / Data For Progress
• President Biden recently unveiled the American Jobs Plan, an over $2 trillion infrastructure proposal that would make historic investments in clean energy, climate change and sustainability. / Dentons
• If implemented, the American Jobs Plan would be one of the most significant investments in clean energy and supporting infrastructure ever. / China Dialogue
• Georgia is lagging behind the national average for clean energy jobs as a share of the workforce, but expecting new jobs in the growing electric vehicle sector. / Georgia Trend Magazine
• By supporting a series of demonstration projects that help DAC technologies break into commercial markets, federal investments will help launch a full-scale DAC industry, creating 300,000 jobs by 2050. / Third Way
• With the recent proposal of the American Jobs Plan, the Biden administration is aiming to create millions of jobs and invest more than $1 trillion in climate action, clean energy and environmental justice. / World Resources Institute
• In addition to helping us avoid some of the most severe impacts of climate change, expanding offshore wind energy would create long-term job opportunities for countless Americans. / Representative Elaine Luria
• Investments in clean energy and efficiency would support a historic energy efficiency and clean electricity standard that would transform the electric sector to be carbon pollution free by 2035 and create good paying union jobs. / CleanTechnica
• Mission Innovation is a global initiative to accelerate public and private clean energy innovation to address climate change, make clean energy affordable to consumers, and create green jobs and commercial opportunities. / GOV.UK
• Clean energy for Africa is the best opportunity for us to expand energy access, to reduce poverty and to create jobs, while at the same time contributing to the global objectives. / World Nuclear News
• The sheer scope of the Biden administration's clean energy plans will require creating jobs across multiple industries, including construction, grid modernization and demand-response companies that cut energy costs by shifting power consumption. / Politico
• The discretionary request invests $1.9 billion in a Building Clean Energy Projects and Workforce Initiative at DOE to begin the vital task of achieving carbon pollution free electricity by 2035 while creating good-paying new jobs. / U.S. Government
• Innovative Financial Initiatives for Africa will help close adaptation finance gaps, enhance access to existing finance and mobilize new public and private sector investment. / Global Center on Adaptation
• The American Jobs Plan, a comprehensive proposal aimed at increasing investment in infrastructure, the production of clean energy, the care economy, and other priorities. / Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
• Between new electric vehicle charging stations, new transmission lines, more renewable energy capacity, grid resiliency initiatives and more funding for energy storage and clean tech R&D, the American Jobs Plan covers a sprawling web of initiatives that support electric vehicle makers and EV owners. / Triple Pundit
• Among the proposed investments to tackle climate change, the American Jobs Plan calls for funding for the development of advanced nuclear reactors and for a clean electricity standard to leverage and incentivise more efficient use of the USA's existing fleet of reactors. / World Nuclear News
• The United States is now charting a course towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, millions of good-paying union jobs in a green economy, and the guarantee that every American worker and community can find prosperity in the clean energy revolution. / Herox
• Among the proposed investments, the American Jobs Plan calls for funding for the development of advanced nuclear reactors and for a clean electricity standard that can potentially support operating plants. / JD Supra

Last updated: 09 May 2021