Governors' Wind Energy Coalition
Wind and solar energy are job creators. Which states are taking advantage?
Source: By Karin Kirk, Yale Climate Connestions • Posted: Sunday, April 11, 2021
Some states are translating their solar and wind potential into jobs in renewable energy, while others lag far behind.
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If there’s one sure-fire way to get the ear of most politicians, it’s the word “jobs.”
It seems almost any issue can be framed as either job-growing or job-killing, depending on which side of the issue one wishes to support. All too often, environmental policies are criticized as a threat to jobs, and the false dichotomy of “job vs. the environment” is a well-worn rhetorical strategy of those opposing environmental regulations.