Three out of four clean energy workers who lost their jobs at the beginning of the COVID pandemic still are out of work. A new report says that includes solar- and wind-energy installers, factory workers and building-efficiency contractors. Philip Jordan is vice president of B-W Research Partners, and he believes the ongoing pandemic continues to be a major factor in the industry’s slow rebound…
Jordan says a federal clean-energy jobs program would provide good-paying jobs while helping meet carbon-reduction goals to combat climate change.