Clean Energy, Jobs, and the Economic Recovery

COVID-19 has triggered the largest annual economic contraction in the US since WW2, opening the door for clean energy as a key to jumpstarting the economy, creating jobs, & reducing emissions. These investments must include workers and communities—many of color—whose lives and livelihoods are closely tied to the fossil fuel industry and who have been underrepresented in the clean energy workforce. How can we build supply and demand for clean energy jobs while ensuring a fair and just transition?