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December 4, 2024

Employment & Economic Impact

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New York CAC Debates Inclusion of Blue Hydrogen, Union Jobs in Plan
New York's Climate Action Council met for its penultimate meeting to discuss the final edits to its scoping plan and debate labor unions and hydrogen resources.
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NJ Shoots for 4 GW+ in 3rd OSW Solicitation
New Jersey is seeking projects totaling 1.2 to 4 GW — and potentially larger — in the state’s third offshore wind project solicitation planned for early 2023.
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New York State Clean Energy Jobs Hit Record High in 2021
New York’s clean energy sector reached record-high employment in 2021, rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic much further than the general workforce.
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Calif. Proposes World’s ‘Most Ambitious’ Climate Goals
California regulators released an updated net zero proposal that Gov. Gavin Newsom says will unleash an "economic transformation" in the state.
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Fund Created to Develop NY Offshore Wind Ecosystem
Equinor and bp have created a fund to help pay for workforce development and support community-empowerment aspects of New York’s nascent offshore wind industry.
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Offshore Wind Seeks State Leadership on Transmission
Offshore wind developers say the states that are driving project development need to lead on the transmission side by collaborating to build an offshore grid.
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NREL: Sharp Job Growth Needed to Hit US’ 30-GW OSW Goal
The U.S. needs up to 58,000 full-time workers to meet the Biden administration’s goal of building 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030, NREL study says.
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CAC Inches Toward Final Scoping Plan, Shares IRA Impacts
The IRA could provide New York up to $70 billion in energy incentives and reduce the cost of meeting emissions goals, the state’s Climate Action Council heard.
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Report Faults Top Firms on Emission Incentives for CEOs
Many large greenhouse gas emitters incentivize their executives insufficiently or not at all to reduce those emissions, a corporate watchdog group reported.
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Manchin: ‘Awful Lot of Heavy Lifting’ Needed to Pass Permitting Bill
A series of "fireside chats" at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum focused on what steps the U.S. must take to develop a competitive clean energy sector.

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