78,600 New Clean Energy, Transportation Jobs in 2013 Report Says
More than 78,600 clean energy and clean transportation jobs were announced in 2013 at 260 projects tracked by the nonpartisan business group Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2).
Solar power generation was the year’s top sector with more than 21,600 jobs announced.
Other strong sectors included building efficiency and public transportation.
Top 10 states for clean energy job announcements last year were:
- California
- Texas
- Hawaii
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Illinois
- Nevada
- Oregon
- New York
- Missouri
According to the group, 2013 job announcements were about 30 percent lower than in 2012.
The organization further noted that while “this is in part due to our methodology, clean energy job growth also faced economic headwinds in 2013 coming from the continued low cost of natural gas and attempts by renewable energy opponents to block or roll back favorable policies at the federal level and in numerous states.”
More at: www.2.org
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