US Clean Energy Jobs Surpass Fossil Fuel Jobs | CleanTechnica
This CleanTechnica post uses a broad definition to sweep jobs into the "clean energy" category. I wish it had considered jobs related to energy efficiency separately. Even so, it appears from the summary that:
- electricity production from clean energy sources employs more people (350,000) than does production from fossil fuel sources (200,000)
- the number of jobs in the clean electric industry is growing, whereas fossil fuel jobs are declining slightly
"More than 350,000 people last year worked in part or in whole on solar energy production ... exceeds the combined employment of coal, gas, and oil workers connected with producing electricity that reached just under 200,000. "
"All told, nearly 1 million Americans are working near- or full-time in the energy efficiency, solar, wind, and alternative vehicles sectors. This is almost five times the current employment in the fossil fuel electric industry, which includes coal, gas, and oil workers. "
